- #1 SurrounDead
97% 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 32.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 19.6%, Loot 15.7%, Exploration 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a very similar aesthetic and gameplay loop focused on looting, survival, and navigating a dangerous post-apocalyptic world.
- #2 No One Survived
96% 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 24.1%, Survival 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust survival experience with a heavy emphasis on crafting, building, and managing resources against zombie threats.
- #3 Project Zomboid
96% 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: Zombies 34.4%, Survival 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive deep-simulation survival experience that sets the standard for scavenging, crafting, and zombie survival.
- #4 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: Zombies 28.8%, Survival 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Building 14.7%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cornerstone of the genre that perfectly blends voxel-based base building with intense zombie survival and exploration.
- #5 DeadPoly
95% 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: Loot 20.5%, Zombies 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the low-poly aesthetic and focuses on the core loop of looting and surviving in an open-world zombie environment.
- #6 Mist Survival
94% 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: Zombies 41.2%, Survival 37%, Crafting 16.7%, Adventure 3%, Action 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: An excellent single-player survival game that highlights vehicle mechanics, scavenging, and base defense.
- #7 HumanitZ
91% 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: Zombies 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Survival 20.8%, Crafting 19.1%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that excels in looting, crafting, and tactical combat against hordes of zombies.
- #8 Drive 4 Survival
93% matchMixed65% of 303 reviews2020
Dev: M3M Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 19.8%, Zombies 14.4%, Survival 12.2%, Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the driving and survival focus of the seed game, emphasizing vehicle maintenance in a hostile world.
- #9 DayZ
92% 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: Zombies 28.9%, Survival 28.4%, Post-apocalyptic 26.6%, Atmospheric 7%, Adventure 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: The benchmark for hardcore open-world survival, focusing on the brutal reality of managing hunger, thirst, and other survivors.
- #10 Unturned
91% 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: Zombies 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Crafting 18.2%, Survival 18.1%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The classic low-poly zombie survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and multiplayer interaction.
- #11 VEIN
89% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 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 29.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Survival 22.3%, Crafting 15.2%, Exploration 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An early access survival title with a strong emphasis on base building, exploration, and realistic survival mechanics.
- #12 ZED ZONE
89% matchVery Positive80% of 3,539 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Zombies 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 15.6%, Building 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical survival game that emphasizes scavenging, crafting, and careful exploration of a zombie-infested landscape.
- #13 State of Decay: YOSE
90% matchVery Positive82% of 12,799 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.0 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 41.2%, Survival 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Crafting 6%, Third Person 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community management and survival in a persistent world, perfect for those who enjoy the post-apocalyptic theme.
- #14 Taora : Survival
88% 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: Hunting 19.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Driving 16.3%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines shooter mechanics with survival and crafting in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #15 Junk Survivor
87% 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 22%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the scrappy, post-apocalyptic scavenging theme with a focus on survival and action.
- #16 DYSMANTLE
86% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 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 20.2%, Hunting 18.9% ★, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 15.4%, Loot 15%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the satisfaction of looting and environmental destruction in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #17 Outbreak Island
86% 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: Driving 16.9%, Survival 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Zombies 14.3%, Crafting 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and survival in a mysterious, zombie-infested island setting.
- #18 Night of the Dead
85% 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: Hunting 27.4% ★, Zombies 23.5%, Crafting 15.6%, Building 13.8%, Survival 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Places a strong emphasis on base defense and survival against massive waves of zombies.
- #19 SCUM
84% 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: Hunting 30.9% ★, Zombies 23.2%, Survival 18.7%, Crafting 16.8%, Third Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep survival mechanics with a focus on vehicles, exploration, and realistic character management.
- #20 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
84% matchMixed61% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 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 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Survival 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a focused exploration and survival experience within a post-apocalyptic bunker setting.
- #21 Dead Maze
83% 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 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Loot 11.6%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer survival game that focuses on scavenging and cooperative survival.
- #22 Deadside
80% 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: Post-apocalyptic 37.8%, Survival 31.6%, Crafting 17.4%, Third Person 5.4%, Adventure 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on hardcore survival and looting in a large, dangerous environment with a focus on tactical gameplay.
- #23 Next Day: Survival
82% 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 38.6%, Post-apocalyptic 34.3%, Crafting 17.9%, Atmospheric 3.8%, Action 3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game with a focus on post-apocalyptic exploration and character progression.
- #24 Apocalypse Island
81% matchMixed41% of 66 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 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Survival 18%, Crafting 9.9%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and exploration in a 3D zombie-infested environment.
- #25 The Infected
81% 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: Crafting 20.1%, Zombies 20%, Building 18.2%, Survival 18%, Exploration 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes building, crafting, and defending against both zombies and wildlife.
- #26 Crafting Dead
82% 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: Zombies 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 15.3%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic multiplayer zombie survival game that emphasizes heavy crafting and base building.
- #27 PolyZ
79% 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: Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Zombies 16.5%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 12%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly multiplayer survival game that features base-building and action-oriented gameplay.
- #28 How to Survive 2
79% matchMixed69% of 10,988 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 43%, Survival 31.1%, Crafting 16.7%, Adventure 3.2%, Third Person 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented zombie survival game that emphasizes crafting and base building.
- #29 Subsistence
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Survival 39.3%, Crafting 34.1%, Building 21.9%, Action 2.6%, Adventure 2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that focuses on building, resource management, and surviving in a hostile open world.
- #30 Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,533 reviews2020
Dev: IndieMax
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
Why similar: Driving 28.5%, Loot 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Survival 14.7%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the driving and survival aspect of the seed game in a desolate environment.
- #31 Survive the Nights
74% 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: Zombies 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, Survival 20.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #32 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: Zombies 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 11.2%, Driving 9.8%
- #33 DREADZONE
75% matchMixed51% of 1,171 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 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 15.3%, Building 12.7%
- #34 Another Try
77% 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: Zombies 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.1%, Building 9.6%
- #35 State of Decay
76% 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%, Survival 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Third Person 4.5%, Exploration 3.6%
- #36 The Day Of Survival
75% matchMixed46% of 92 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 25.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Zombies 14.5%, Survival 11.9%, Exploration 7.1%
- #37 Blood Night
71% matchVery Positive96% of 107 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 26.9%, Crafting 17.7%, Building 16.6%, Survival 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%
- #38 DARKEST DAYS
73% 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 33%, Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, Survival 20.3%, Crafting 13.4%, Action 3.2%
- #39 Dead District: Survival
74% 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: Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 17.1%, Zombies 16.9%, Crafting 16.5%, Idler 15.4%
- #40 ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
71% matchVery Positive87% of 195 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 17.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 11.6%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
- #41 Into The Haze
73% 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 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 14.9%, Third Person 6.7%
- #42 INCUR Survival
72% 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: Zombies 22.2%, Building 15.2%, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 13.7%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #43 Survival: Lost Way
73% matchMostly Negative37% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 18.5%, Survival 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Loot 14.3%, Building 10.7%
- #44 Taora : Beginning
69% 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: Driving 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Zombies 18.4%, Survival 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #45 Ice World
70% matchMixed60% of 1,233 reviews2024
Dev: CoolRabbit Games
Windows
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 18.4%, Hunting 17.2% ★, Snow 14.2% ★, Building 12.8%, Survival 12.7%
- #46 Gone: Survival
72% 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: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Zombies 20.5%, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 15.5%, Building 14.2%
- #47 Rem Survival
70% 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: Crafting 32.5%, Survival 29.8%, Building 26.7%, Adventure 6.1%, Action 4.9%
- #48 The Last Stand: Aftermath
69% matchVery Positive81% of 6,552 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 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 32.8%, Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Survival 19.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #49 Herd is Coming
71% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Zombies 21%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Loot 19.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 13%
- #50 Dead Unending
70% matchMixed46% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Tyler HudsonPub: Tylario
Windows
A deadly virus plagues the city and the residents now roam the streets as flesh-eating zombies. Loot the apocalyptic open world and build a self-sustaining zombie-killing fortress. Will you survive the apocalypse or become one of the undead?
Why similar: Zombies 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Survival 15.1%, Idler 14.2%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #51 Pacific Drive
66% matchVery Positive83% of 24,897 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 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 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 8.8%
- #52 The Long Dark
67% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 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 42.9%, Crafting 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #53 Andarilho
69% matchMixed66% of 1,295 reviews2020
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Zombies 18.1%, Crafting 17.2%, Survival 15.9%, Building 14.6%
- #54 Walking Zombie 2
67% matchVery Positive88% of 13,034 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 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Survival 19%, Crafting 13.3%, Stylized 4.9%
- #55 Will To Live Online
68% 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: Survival 40.7%, Post-apocalyptic 38.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Exploration 4%, Atmospheric 2.6%
- #56 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
68% 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: Survival 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Zombies 14.5%, Crafting 14%, Building 8%
- #57 Rust
65% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 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%, Crafting 27.9%, Building 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Adventure 3.4%
- #58 Zombie Survival Game Online
66% 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: Zombies 24%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 15.3%, Building 13.2%
- #59 Invasion 2037
68% matchMixed60% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Survival 20.1%, Loot 19.1%, Crafting 14.8%, Adventure 6.3%