Games Like Another Try

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 20.9%, Survival 16.3%, Zombies 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Open World 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential hardcore open-world survival game where player interaction and environmental threats are equally dangerous.

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 22.5%, Survival 20%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Open World 12.8%, Building 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the definitive open-world survival experience featuring deep crafting, base building, and massive zombie hordes.

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 23.8%, Survival 19.6%, Open World 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival simulator that offers unparalleled depth in scavenging, health management, and base fortification.

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: Crafting 17.7%, Survival 17.1%, Massively Multiplayer 16.3%, Open World 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that focuses on realistic combat and exploration in a vast, post-apocalyptic landscape.

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 29.7%, Zombies 17.8%, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 14.4%, Open World 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features an incredibly detailed metabolism and survival system within a massive, hostile open world.

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: Survival 18.5%, Zombies 18.1%, Massively Multiplayer 13.8%, Open World 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A visually impressive post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes exploration and player interaction in a ruined world.

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 29.4%, Survival 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Open World 16.3%, Co-op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the zombie survival genre that emphasizes looting, base building, and tactical combat.

Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19%, Zombies 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A highly accessible, blocky-style survival game that features surprisingly deep crafting and multiplayer mechanics.

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 17.3%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive survival game that requires players to master crafting, building, and combat to endure the apocalypse.

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 25.8%, Crafting 20.2%, Open World 14.5%, Building 12%, Multiplayer 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: While not strictly zombie-focused, it is the gold standard for multiplayer survival, crafting, and player-versus-player tension.

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: Massively Multiplayer 22.8%, Zombies 22.2%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play isometric MMO that emphasizes cooperative survival and resource gathering in a zombie-infested world.

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 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Crafting 16%, Survival 14.6%, Building 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that captures the core loop of looting, crafting, and defending against zombies with friends.

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: Massively Multiplayer 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A large-scale open-world survival RPG that integrates social multiplayer elements with intense zombie combat.

Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.8%, Crafting 10.5%, Idler 10.1%, Survival 9.9%, Zombies 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that pits players against both zombies and other survivors in a harsh world.

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 30.8%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community management and base building while surviving against persistent zombie threats.

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 31.1%, Zombies 19.5%, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 12%, Open World 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a challenging survival experience where players must manage resources and defend against zombies that become more active at night.

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: Zombies 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game heavily focused on the crafting and building aspects necessary to survive a zombie outbreak.

A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors! Alone or in groups you will have to survive in a hostile world populated by living dead!

Why similar: Survival 29.5%, Zombies 25.6%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival experience that emphasizes action and exploration in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Open World 18.4%, Crafting 12.5%, Multiplayer 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival elements with quest-based progression in a large, dangerous post-apocalyptic map.

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 29.2%, Open World 19.7%, Crafting 19.3%, Building 13.9%, Zombies 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While featuring mutants instead of zombies, it offers a premier survival and crafting experience in a terrifying, isolated environment.

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 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that tasks players with scavenging for scrap and building defenses against waves of zombies.

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 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Open World 15.7%, Survival 15.4%, Multiplayer 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play open-world survival game that focuses on the core loop of looting and surviving against the undead.

Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world

Why similar: Zombies 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.6%, Building 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on first-person survival mechanics, including building and crafting, to withstand the post-apocalyptic elements.

An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Crafting 20.2%, Survival 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Hidden Object 13.5%, Multiplayer 12%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy survival game that requires careful planning and crafting to survive in a hostile world.

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 13.7%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Open World 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused survival game that emphasizes team-based tactics against zombie threats.

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: Massively Multiplayer 20.1%, Crafting 17.6%, Survival 14.8%, Building 13.2%, Open World 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base-building and crafting as the primary means of enduring the post-apocalyptic world.

Remain is an MMO game. Within this open world, you can tame "zombies", making them your labor force, or commanding them to fight your foes. Apart from zombies, you will still have to face the survival challenges of food and water. Remaining warriors, don't let your guard down, and keep surviving...

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 25.8%, Survival 12.2%, Building 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Open World 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access title that focuses on building and multiplayer cooperation in a world devastated by a zombie virus.

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: Zombies 20.6%, Survival 18.3%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play survival game that focuses on the nomadic lifestyle of scavenging and surviving in a dangerous, zombie-filled world.

The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.

Why similar: Zombies 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.2%, Building 9.7%

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: Zombies 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Massively Multiplayer 11.6%, Crafting 9.1%, Survival 9%

'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: Zombies 23.2%, Crafting 17.4%, Survival 14%, Building 14%, Open World 13.4%

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 23.7%, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Open World 13.7%

"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26.3%, Survival 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Open World 8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie survival game that blends RPG elements with open-world exploration and crafting.

The Last Disease Z is a co-op survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.

Why similar: Zombies 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.8%

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: Survival 20%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Open World 12.5%, Massively Multiplayer 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.6%

Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!

Why similar: Zombies 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Open World 15.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Survival 8.4%

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: Massively Multiplayer 22.7%, Zombies 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival 13.3%, Co-op 10.4%

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 28.6%, Survival 21.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 10.3%, Co-op 10.2%

(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.

Why similar: Zombies 20.1%, Crafting 15%, Building 12.8%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 8.7%

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 33.2%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Multiplayer 4.7%

Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.6%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 8.8%

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 31.3%, Massively Multiplayer 26.5%, Survival 15.5%, Open World 9.1%, Multiplayer 5.2%

The region is affected by an unknown virus that has destroyed almost all living things.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 40.6%, Zombies 15.6%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 9%, Building 8%

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: Massively Multiplayer 18.8%, Crafting 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 10.7%

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: Massively Multiplayer 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 12.3%

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 31.2%, Massively Multiplayer 18.2%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 13.8%, Multiplayer 10.9%

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: Zombies 19.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Survival 12.7%, Building 10.9%

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: Zombies 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Open World 13%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Survival 10.2%

Try to survive the harsh realities of the cold Siberian countryside. Live long and always remember, man is man's enemy. You can trust no one but it is almost impossible to survive on your own. Choose your path and go to finish. Firefights, transport, crafting and survival.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.6%

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 35.8%, Survival 19.8%, Massively Multiplayer 17.6%, Open World 8.8%, Action 7.9%

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: Zombies 18.9%, Survival 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Crafting 10.9%, Co-op 10.6%

After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 22%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 13.3%, Co-op 12.9%

Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10.4%

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: Zombies 18.7%, Crafting 15.1%, Building 12.4%, Survival 10.9%, Co-op 10.6%

"Last Remains" is a highly challenging multiplayer zombie survival game. Players must survive in a city overrun by the undead, scavenging for food, arming themselves, avoiding zombies, searching for loot, plundering other survivors, and finding any possible way to escape.

Why similar: Zombies 38%, Massively Multiplayer 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Action 10.6%, 3D 3.6%