- #1 No One Survived
97% matchMixed64% of 7,844 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.7 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 24.6%, Survival 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same intense, open-world zombie survival mechanics with heavy crafting, building, and looting elements.
- #2 SurrounDead
96% matchVery Positive91% of 27,054 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.9 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 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Survival 20%, Loot 15.7%, Exploration 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar post-apocalyptic sandbox environment where you scavenge for survival gear, weapons, and vehicles to navigate zombie-infested terrain.
- #3 DeadPoly
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,250 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 20.4%, Loot 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines multiplayer zombie survival, base building, and extensive crafting in a harsh open world just like the seed game.
- #4 DayZ
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 470,116 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 281.7 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: Zombies 29.3%, Survival 28.4%, Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the ultimate hardcore open-world survival experience against infected and other players in a massive desolate landscape.
- #5 VEIN
94% matchVery Positive88% of 12,706 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 30.4%, Survival 23%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Crafting 14.1%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: An in-depth multiplayer survival game featuring base fortification, vehicle maintenance, and scavenging in a ruined post-apocalyptic world.
- #6 Project Zomboid
94% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 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 34.7%, Survival 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the ultimate deep zombie survival simulation with meticulous crafting, looting, and desperate daily survival struggles.
- #7 7 Days to Die
92% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 29.3%, Survival 25%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Building 14.4%, Exploration 7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world zombie survival, tower defense, and complex crafting systems requiring you to secure resources to last another day.
- #8 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
93% matchVery Positive83% of 70,161 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 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 42.7%, Survival 31.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Third Person 3.9%, Action 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community survival, resource scavenging, and vehicular exploration in a dangerous zombie-overrun world.
- #9 The Long Dark
91% matchVery Positive89% of 123,946 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Survival 43.2%, Crafting 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the relentless atmosphere of pure survival against hostile elements, requiring careful resource management and exploration.
- #10 DYSMANTLE
91% matchVery Positive91% of 11,622 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.2 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 20.7%, Hunting 19% ★, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 15.2%, Loot 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the satisfying post-apocalyptic loot-and-craft loop where you destroy everything in sight to gather materials for survival.
- #11 Unturned
90% matchVery Positive91% of 564,742 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Zombies 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 17.7%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic multiplayer zombie survival sandbox built around scavenging, crafting, and vehicle transportation.
- #12 Green Hell
89% matchVery Positive85% of 102,938 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Survival 38.7%, Crafting 24.5%, Building 12%, Exploration 6.5%, Action-Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an uncompromising survival simulation focusing on crafting, health management, and enduring a hostile open environment.
- #13 SCUM
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 127,189 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 105.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Hunting 30.6% ★, Zombies 23.8%, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 16.3%, Third Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep metabolic survival mechanics and intense tactical action in a harsh open world.
- #14 Mist Survival
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,394 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 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 41.7%, Survival 36.9%, Crafting 16.1%, Adventure 3%, Action 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A single-player sandbox survival game featuring base building, vehicle driving, and fighting bandits and infected.
- #15 Deadside
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,566 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.7 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: Survival 33.3%, Crafting 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 26%, Third Person 6.3%, Action 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore multiplayer shooter focusing on survival, looting, and traversing a post-apocalyptic open world.
- #16 Sons Of The Forest
86% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 35.6%, Crafting 21.5%, Building 17.4%, Exploration 8.2%, Action-Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes brutal open-world survival, base construction, and crafting while fighting off terrifying mutated threats.
- #17 HumanitZ
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,430 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.7 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 32.3%, Survival 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Crafting 18.1%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric open-world survival game set in a zombie apocalypse emphasizing looting, crafting, and vehicle maintenance.
- #18 Night of the Dead
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,888 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.0 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: Hunting 27.4% ★, Zombies 23.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 13.8%, Building 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines zombie survival, trap-based defense building, and resource gathering in an open world.
- #19 Rust
84% matchVery Positive87% of 1,402,448 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.8 hrsMean: 431.0 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 39.3%, Crafting 27.3%, Building 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Adventure 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential harsh multiplayer survival experience focused entirely on gathering resources, crafting, and base building.
- #20 The Forest
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 683,269 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 36.6%, Crafting 21.5%, Building 17.2%, Zombies 8.3%, Exploration 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your survival instincts with intense crafting, building, and exploration in a terrifying hostile environment.
- #21 Pacific Drive
83% matchVery Positive83% of 26,975 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Driving 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 13%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on vehicle maintenance, driving, and surviving eerie anomalous environments in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #22 The Last Stand: Aftermath
82% matchVery Positive81% of 6,818 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 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 33.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, Survival 19.5%, Crafting 9.9%, Atmospheric 4%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping single-player rogue-lite survival journey through post-apocalyptic ruins infected with the walking dead.
- #23 In Silence
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 11,958 reviews2021
Dev: Ravenhood Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.
Why similar: Survival 67.3%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tension, survival, and escaping a horrifying monster in an atmospheric environment.
- #24 ICARUS
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 68,864 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 46.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Survival 33.1%, Crafting 25.5%, Building 20.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Third Person 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based PvE survival game requiring strict resource management, crafting, and exploration on a dangerous planet.
- #25 Raft
80% matchVery Positive93% of 379,035 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Survival 45.6%, Crafting 27.3%, Building 21.4%, Adventure 4.4%, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique ocean survival game driven by scavenging debris, expanding your base, and crafting essential survival gear.
- #26 Stranded Deep
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,919 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Survival 39.7%, Crafting 27.5%, Building 15.4%, Exploration 8.3%, Adventure 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges players to survive an unforgiving open world using basic tools, crafting, and maritime exploration.
- #27 Subnautica
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 380,795 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Survival 39.1%, Crafting 29.3%, Exploration 16%, Adventure 6.2%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a hostile alien ocean where gathering resources and building habitats are essential to stay alive.
- #28 Dead Island Definitive Edition
79% matchVery Positive82% of 28,366 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Why similar: Zombies 58.1%, Survival 23.9%, Crafting 11.3%, Action 4.3%, Adventure 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers visceral first-person melee combat and cooperative action against hordes of zombies in a tropical setting.
- #29 Left 4 Dead 2
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,060,263 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 100.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Why similar: Zombies 73%, Survival 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Action 3.5%, Adventure 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive cooperative zombie shooter capturing the frantic intensity of fighting through hordes of infected.
- #30 DEAD RISING®
78% matchVery Positive88% of 7,298 reviews2016
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
Why similar: Zombies 59.2%, Survival 17.9%, Third Person 9.4%, Action 7.1%, Adventure 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic sandbox zombie game centered on chaotic combat, improvisational weapons, and surviving the outbreak.
- #31 The Last Disease Z
76% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Bublig
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer 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: Hunting 21% ★, Zombies 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 11.3%
- #32 Outbreak Island
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,124 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Driving 16.8%, Survival 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Zombies 14.6%, Crafting 12.1%
- #33 Drive 4 Survival
77% matchMixed65% of 304 reviews2020
Dev: M3M Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!
Why similar: Driving 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Zombies 14.7%, Survival 12.3%, Building 7.9%
- #34 Another Try
77% matchMixed50% of 333 reviews2020
Dev: Hoki Wolf Studio
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Zombies 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.3%, Building 9.6%
- #35 Junk Survivor
76% matchMixed70% of 83 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 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.8%
- #36 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
75% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #37 Winter Survivor Protocol
73% matchMixed68% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
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 34.3%, Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Survival 10.1%, Adventure 10%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #38 Polygeddon
74% matchMixed40% of 75 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: Zombies 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11%, Driving 9.8%
- #39 Ice World
73% matchMixed60% of 1,265 reviews2024
Dev: CoolRabbit Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A blizzard brought a long winter, Humanity on the brink of extinction. you had to face ferocious beasts, mine ice and snow to build a base, and survive in the cold apocalypse.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Hunting 17.4% ★, Snow 14.2% ★, Survival 12.8%, Building 12.7%
- #40 The Day Of Survival
74% matchMixed45% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: xHARDHeMPuS
Windows
The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.
Why similar: Snow 25.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Zombies 14.8%, Survival 11.9%, Exploration 7%
- #41 Survive the Nights
71% matchMixed66% of 6,793 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 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: Zombies 32.7%, Post-apocalyptic 29.5%, Survival 20.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Adventure 5.6%
- #42 DREADZONE
72% matchMixed51% of 1,239 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
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 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 12.6%
- #43 Taora : Survival
72% matchMixed59% of 421 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: Hunting 20.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Driving 16.2%, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 11.9%
- #44 Dead Maze
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,814 reviews2018
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.3 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 36.9%, Survival 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Loot 10.8%, Crafting 8.7%
- #45 Apocalypse Island
70% matchMostly Negative40% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Bettini Games
Windows
As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.
Why similar: Zombies 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #46 DARKEST DAYS
69% matchMixed49% of 5,176 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 33.7%, Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Survival 20.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Action 3.2%
- #47 Blood Night
68% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Team
Windows
(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 27.3%, Crafting 17.3%, Survival 16.6%, Building 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%
- #48 Into The Haze
70% matchMixed57% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: MSOFT
Windows
Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Zombies 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 14.5%, Third Person 6.7%
- #49 Crafting Dead
71% matchMixed57% of 160 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: Zombies 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 14.8%, Action-Adventure 6.7%
- #50 Survival: Lost Way
70% matchMostly Negative36% of 301 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 18.3%, Survival 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Loot 13.6%, Building 10.8%
- #51 ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
66% matchVery Positive86% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: Cherrypick GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.
Why similar: Snow 27.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 11.8%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #52 INCUR Survival
68% matchVery Positive81% of 112 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: Zombies 22.7%, Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 13.7%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #53 Dead District: Survival
69% matchMixed47% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 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: Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Zombies 17.5%, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 16.4%, Idler 13.9%
- #54 PolyZ
67% matchMixed48% of 291 reviews2024
Dev: Thirteen37 Games™
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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: Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Zombies 17.8%, Survival 15%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 11.7%
- #55 Taora : Beginning
66% matchVery Positive87% of 2,240 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: Driving 27.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Zombies 18.8%, Survival 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #56 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
68% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 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: Survival 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Zombies 14.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 7.9%
- #57 Gone: Survival
69% matchMixed43% of 320 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Zombies 20.9%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 15.5%, Building 14.1%
- #58 Rem Survival
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 809 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 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: Crafting 31.9%, Survival 30.1%, Building 26.7%, Adventure 6.3%, Action 5.1%
- #59 State of Decay
67% 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 43.3%, Survival 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Third Person 4.5%, Exploration 3.5%