- #1 SCUM
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 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: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Hunting 15.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.7%, Zombies 10.3%, Survival 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep, realistic survival mechanics and a massive open world that mirrors the intensity of Afterinfection.
- #2 Deadside
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,013 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Survival 9.3%, Looter Shooter 7.9% ★, Third-Person Shooter 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore extraction-style survival game that focuses on tactical combat and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #3 DayZ
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 456,703 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.6 hrsMean: 272.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 16.4%, Zombies 15.8%, Survival 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, FPS 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive open-world zombie survival experience that perfectly captures the struggle of scavenging for resources in a hostile environment.
- #4 Miscreated
95% 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Zombies 12.9%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 8.8%, Massively Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game with a strong focus on exploration and scavenging in a dangerous, zombie-filled world.
- #5 Night of the Dead
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Hunting 18.8% ★, Zombies 14%, Survival 7.8%, Open World 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional zombie survival with tower defense elements, requiring players to build defenses to survive the night.
- #6 7 Days to Die
94% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Zombies 18.8%, Survival 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: The benchmark for zombie survival, offering robust crafting, base building, and exploration mechanics.
- #7 SurrounDead
93% matchVery Positive92% of 23,544 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 24.7%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Survival 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Open World 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A highly focused zombie survival game that excels in loot management and exploration mechanics.
- #8 Unturned
92% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 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: Looter Shooter 20% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.6%, Zombies 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Survival 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet deep multiplayer zombie survival game that emphasizes crafting and base building.
- #9 No One Survived
91% matchMixed65% of 7,577 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 23.9%, Survival 19.6%, Open World 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Crafting 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic survival needs like hunger, thirst, and temperature while scavenging in a hostile world.
- #10 DeadPoly
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Looter Shooter 16.6% ★, Zombies 12.6%, Third-Person Shooter 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that captures the core loop of open-world zombie survival and multiplayer interaction.
- #11 Mist Survival
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 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: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Zombies 21.3%, Survival 18.1%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on environmental hazards and scavenging in a world where zombies are only one of many threats.
- #12 Last Whisper
89% matchMixed66% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: 12Studio
Windows
Last Whisper Survival is a cooperative zombie survival game where exploration of the open world is key. As you venture further, you'll need to upgrade your gear and level up your character and skill tree to handle the increasing challenges as you move through the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Zombies 15.4%, Third-Person Shooter 15.3%, Survival 11.4%, PvP 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Strong focus on survival and exploration in a post-apocalyptic setting with a heavy emphasis on crafting.
- #13 Project Zomboid
88% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Zombies 22.2%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The most comprehensive simulation of surviving a zombie outbreak, focusing on long-term survival and base management.
- #14 Dead District: Survival
89% matchMixed49% of 465 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 15.8%, Third-Person Shooter 13%, Zombies 9.5%, Survival 9.1%, FPS 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar multiplayer zombie survival experience with a focus on action and looting.
- #15 Undawn
87% matchMixed54% of 6,521 reviews2023
Dev: Lightspeed StudiosPub: Level Infinite
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.
Why similar: MMORPG 21% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Survival 8.9%, Open World 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale MMORPG survival experience that shares the same progression and looting style as Afterinfection.
- #16 Taora : Survival
86% matchMixed63% of 395 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.5% ★, Looter Shooter 18.6% ★, Hunting 14.6% ★, Third-Person Shooter 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar blend of shooter mechanics and survival crafting in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #17 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
86% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Survival 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Open World 8.1%, Massively Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core loop of scavenging and surviving against the elements and hostile threats.
- #18 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
84% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 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 32.2%, Survival 22.9%, Open World 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Excellent for managing a group of survivors and building a community in a zombie-infested open world.
- #19 Infestation: The New Z
85% matchMixed54% of 33,896 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Why similar: Zombies 30%, Survival 15.1%, Massively Multiplayer 14%, Open World 12.4%, FPS 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic multiplayer zombie survival title that shares the same DNA and gameplay loop as Afterinfection.
- #20 Outbreak Island
82% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Zombies 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, FPS 12.5%, Crafting 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror experience with a focus on investigation, crafting, and surviving a mysterious outbreak.
- #21 XERA: Survival
82% matchMixed66% of 7,888 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Looter Shooter 12.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Third-Person Shooter 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A loot-focused multiplayer survival game with a similar intensity and focus on gear progression.
- #22 Next Day: Survival
83% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 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 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Open World 16.9%, Crafting 8.4%, MMORPG 8.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: Features a harsh open world with survival, RPG elements, and a focus on faction-based gameplay.
- #23 KeepUp Survival
80% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44% ★, Survival 15.9%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 13%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and surviving in an open world with a heavy emphasis on crafting and resource management.
- #24 Nomad
81% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Zombies 15.3%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 8.6%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival game that emphasizes scavenging and multiplayer interaction in a harsh environment.
- #25 Survive the Nights
77% matchMixed66% of 6,335 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.2% ★, Looter Shooter 18.4% ★, Zombies 13.4%, Massively Multiplayer 12%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
- #26 INCUR Survival
79% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Zombies 19.5%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and exploration in a survival setting with a similar emphasis on gathering resources.
- #27 Zombie Survival Game Online
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Looter Shooter 21.3% ★, Zombies 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Survival 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct take on the multiplayer zombie survival genre that prioritizes looting and combat.
- #28 HumanitZ
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,640 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.2 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: Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Zombies 18.4%, Survival 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Open World 10%
- #29 Polygeddon
76% matchMixed42% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 18.5% ★, Zombies 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Massively Multiplayer 10.5%, Survival 9.4%
- #30 Survival Is Not Enough
78% matchMostly Negative35% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Fixer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Survival Is Not Enough is an open world first person zombie survival game. You wake up in a mysterious island and find out that you're infected. To survive you need to: build a shelter; protect yourself from dangers of this island; kill animals for food; kill zombies for underblood to cure yourself from zombie virus; The better you're...
Why similar: RPG 100%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival experience with RPG elements and a focus on overcoming environmental challenges.
- #31 Taora : Beginning
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,228 reviews2023
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 29.7% ★, Third-Person Shooter 16.6%, Zombies 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Open World 7.6%
- #32 Another Try
76% matchMixed51% of 328 reviews2020
Dev: Hoki Wolf Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors! You will have to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world populated by the living dead.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21%, Zombies 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.1%
- #33 SmallZ
75% matchMixed47% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: skins.dog
Windows
SmallZ is a third person zombie survival game. Form a team or go solo to survive from many threats such as zombies, boss zombies and other players. Build fortifications on different buildings or build your own base from scratch. There are plenty of build parts available for you to craft!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 31.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 8.1%
- #34 Infestation: The New Beginning
77% 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 31.2%, Massively Multiplayer 21.1%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 8.5%, PvP 6.1%
- #35 Out of Reach
75% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.6% ★, Survival 12.9%, Massively Multiplayer 11.7%, Open World 9.8%, Hunting 8.9% ★
- #36 PolyZ
72% matchMixed50% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Thirteen37 Games™
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.3%, Zombies 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Survival 9%
- #37 The Infected
72% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41% ★, Zombies 15.7%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 12.2%
- #38 Rem Survival
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.2%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 10.7%
- #39 Gone: Survival
74% matchMixed44% of 308 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Zombies 19%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Third-Person Shooter 11.1%
- #40 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
73% matchMixed54% of 899 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 27.6%, Zombies 21.7%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 10.8%
- #41 Will To Live Online
71% matchMixed69% of 18,150 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Survival 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, MMORPG 11.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 10%
- #42 Mesorift Survival
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Meik.W Interactive
Windows
Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Looter Shooter 15.1% ★, Survival 10.2%, Open World 9.9%, FPS 9.7%
- #43 Crafting Dead
71% matchMixed57% of 158 reviews2017
Dev: Ferullo Gaming
Windows
Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 20.8% ★, Zombies 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 9.6%
- #44 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
67% matchVery Positive88% of 9,550 reviews2023
Dev: Adrian Kaminski
Windows
Loot. Kill. Survive. Can you escape ? (probably not) Zumbi Blocks 2 is the official sequel to the 2013 free browser zombie game. Stuck on an island, cut off from the rest of humanity, you wake up. The secret to breaking free from this place lies asleep, underground. From the soil, zumbies emerge.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Zombies 14.5%, Third-Person Shooter 12.3%, Survival 8.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%
- #45 DARKEST DAYS
67% matchMixed49% of 4,678 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Open World 13.5%, Survival 12.9%, Third-Person Shooter 7%
- #46 LIFE EFFECT Survival
65% matchVery Positive89% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 25.3% ★, Zombies 15.5%, Third-Person Shooter 14.9%, Hidden Object 10.4%, FPS 9.7%
- #47 PIONER
65% matchMixed65% of 3,315 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 17.9% ★, MMORPG 17.7% ★, Massively Multiplayer 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, FPS 7.2%
- #48 LifeZ - Survival
69% matchMixed68% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: iDs Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.7% ★, Zombies 21.4%, Survival 14%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Crafting 6.5%
- #49 Fallen Region
70% matchMixed41% of 185 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.4% ★, Zombies 18.8%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 9.5%, Third-Person Shooter 9.3%
- #50 Dead Frontier 2
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 27,956 reviews2019
Dev: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.
Why similar: MMORPG 26% ★, Zombies 18.8%, Third-Person Shooter 15.4%, Massively Multiplayer 14.3%, Survival 9.8%
- #51 Sunkenland
65% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Survival 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.2%
- #52 NightZ
70% matchMostly Negative35% of 129 reviews2017
Dev: Asset Flip StudioPub: Asset Flip Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Events occur several months after the global epidemic. Infected turned into aggressive creatures. All survivors are infected with the virus. In order to survive you need to use different medicines. Also you need to avoid predators.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Zombies 16.6%, FPS 9.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #53 Radiation Island
68% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Zombies 17.8%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 5.9%