- #1 SurrounDead
97% matchVery Positive91% of 26,489 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.7 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 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Survival 19.9%, Loot 16%, Exploration 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a very similar low-poly aesthetic combined with deep looting, driving, and survival mechanics in a zombie-infested world.
- #2 DeadPoly
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 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 20.3%, Loot 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Survival 13%, Crafting 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the low-poly visual style and focuses heavily on the core loop of scavenging and surviving against zombie threats.
- #3 No One Survived
96% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 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 24.5%, Survival 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Crafting 14%, Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a robust crafting and base-building system that aligns perfectly with the survival-focused gameplay of the seed game.
- #4 VEIN
95% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 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 30.3%, Survival 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Crafting 14.5%, Exploration 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the early-access, open-world zombie survival experience with a strong emphasis on base-building and environmental exploration.
- #5 Project Zomboid
94% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 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 34.6%, Survival 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for the genre, it offers the most comprehensive survival and scavenging experience for fans of the post-apocalyptic setting.
- #6 Pacific Drive
93% matchVery Positive83% of 26,666 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.7 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 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on the vehicle, it shares the intense survival and exploration loop found in the seed game's driving segments.
- #7 Mist Survival
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 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 16.2%, Adventure 3%, Action 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a strong emphasis on driving, scavenging, and surviving against both environmental hazards and the infected.
- #8 7 Days to Die
91% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 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 29.2%, Survival 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Building 14.5%, Exploration 7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a staple of the zombie survival genre, offering extensive crafting, exploration, and base defense mechanics.
- #9 Drive 4 Survival
92% matchMixed65% of 304 reviews2020
Dev: M3M Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Zombies 14.7%, Survival 12.2%, Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the seed game's focus on using vehicles as a primary tool for survival and exploration.
- #10 HumanitZ
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 32.2%, Survival 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Crafting 18.3%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game captures the same desperate scavenging and exploration feel in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #11 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
91% matchVery Positive83% of 69,686 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: It excels at the driving and base-management aspects of zombie survival, making it a perfect fit for those who enjoy the seed game's vehicular focus.
- #12 Junk Survivor
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 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 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward, indie-style survival experience focused on scavenging and staying alive in a hostile world.
- #13 DYSMANTLE
89% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 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 20.6%, Hunting 19% ★, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Loot 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the satisfying loop of destroying objects to loot materials for crafting and survival.
- #14 DayZ
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 468,041 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 280.1 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: This is the definitive open-world multiplayer survival experience that heavily influenced the genre's focus on looting and exploration.
- #15 DREADZONE
87% matchMixed51% of 1,210 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 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 15%, Building 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: This early-access title offers a similar multiplayer-focused survival loop with an emphasis on open-world exploration.
- #16 The Last Stand: Aftermath
86% matchVery Positive81% of 6,743 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 10%, Atmospheric 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling post-apocalyptic narrative combined with intense scavenging and combat against the undead.
- #17 Night of the Dead
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 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 23.8%, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 13.8%, Building 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the importance of building defenses and surviving waves of zombies in an open-world environment.
- #18 Taora : Survival
85% matchMixed60% of 420 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%
Why You'll Like It: It blends shooter mechanics with crafting and survival, making it a great match for the action-oriented parts of the seed game.
- #19 Survive the Nights
84% matchMixed66% of 6,719 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 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 32.6%, Post-apocalyptic 29.6%, Survival 20.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a sandbox survival experience where base fortification and scavenging are key to surviving the night.
- #20 SCUM
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 126,382 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 104.8 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 23.7%, Survival 18.8%, Crafting 16.4%, Third Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: For players who want a more hardcore survival experience with detailed mechanics and vehicular travel, this is an excellent choice.
- #21 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
84% 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 14.8%, Survival 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the exploration and survival-horror elements of a post-apocalyptic world.
- #22 Outbreak Island
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,082 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 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 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a sandbox survival experience with a strong focus on exploration and uncovering the mystery of the outbreak.
- #23 DARKEST DAYS
82% matchMixed49% of 5,125 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 33.6%, Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Survival 20.7%, Crafting 12.8%, Action 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a large open world filled with zombies, perfect for players who enjoy the exploration aspect of the seed game.
- #24 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 38.9%, Post-apocalyptic 34.3%, Crafting 17.6%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Action 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a classic open-world survival experience with a focus on crafting and multiplayer interaction.
- #25 Blood Night
79% matchVery Positive95% of 110 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 27.2%, Crafting 17.4%, Building 16.6%, Survival 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines zombie action with building mechanics, providing a similar gameplay loop to the seed game.
- #26 Apocalypse Island
80% matchMixed40% 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 9.7%, Action-Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a dedicated survival game that focuses on the immediate threats of a zombie-filled island environment.
- #27 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
78% matchVery Positive94% of 4,475 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Zombies 33.1%, Survival 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Crafting 15.6%, Exploration 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: While turn-based, it captures the essence of survival, scavenging, and resource management better than almost any other game.
- #28 INCUR Survival
79% matchVery Positive83% of 109 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 22.6%, Building 15.2%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 13.7%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a solid open-world survival-craft experience with a focus on building and exploration.
- #29 Crafting Dead
81% 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 15%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the crafting and multiplayer survival aspects that define the genre.
- #30 The Last Disease Z
77% matchMixed56% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Bublig
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Hunting 21% ★, Zombies 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 11.3%
- #31 Winter Survivor Protocol
75% matchMixed69% of 189 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 33.9%, Post-apocalyptic 28.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Survival 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #32 Gone: Survival
78% matchMixed44% of 316 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 20.8%, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 15.5%, Building 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person survival game emphasizes the core pillars of crafting, building, and surviving in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #33 Polygeddon
76% matchMixed41% of 70 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 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Driving 9.7%
- #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 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.2%, Building 9.7%
- #35 The Day Of Survival
76% matchMixed44% of 99 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 25.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Zombies 14.7%, Survival 11.9%, Exploration 7.1%
- #36 Into The Haze
74% 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 20.3%, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 14.6%, Third Person 6.7%
- #37 Dead Maze
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,809 reviews2018
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.4 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 36.8%, Survival 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Loot 11%, Crafting 8.8%
- #38 ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
71% matchVery Positive87% of 229 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 27.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.7%, Action-Adventure 6.6%
- #39 Survival: Lost Way
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 295 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 18.4%, Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Loot 13.8%, Building 10.8%
- #40 Rem Survival
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 803 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 32%, Survival 30%, Building 26.8%, Adventure 6.2%, Action 5%
- #41 PolyZ
73% matchMixed49% of 284 reviews2024
Dev: Thirteen37 Games™
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.6 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 19.4%, Zombies 16.9%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 12%
- #42 Taora : Beginning
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,239 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 8.2%
- #43 Ice World
70% matchMixed60% of 1,253 reviews2024
Dev: CoolRabbit Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 17.3% ★, Snow 14.2% ★, Building 12.8%, Survival 12.8%
- #44 State of Decay
71% 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%
- #45 Unturned
69% matchVery Positive91% of 564,532 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.8 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 17.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #46 Invasion 2037
72% matchMixed61% of 159 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 25.2%, Survival 20.2%, Loot 18.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Adventure 6.5%
- #47 Dead District: Survival
71% matchMixed47% of 483 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Zombies 17.4%, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 16.4%, Idler 14.2%
- #48 Herd is Coming
72% 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 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Loot 19%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 13.1%
- #49 ZED ZONE
68% matchVery Positive81% of 3,661 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Building 14.6%
- #50 Dead Unending
70% matchMixed45% of 119 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 28.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Survival 15.2%, Idler 13%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #51 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
69% 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 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Zombies 14.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 7.9%
- #52 Rust
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,393,461 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.7 hrsMean: 429.0 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 39.2%, Crafting 27.5%, Building 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Adventure 3.4%
- #53 Andarilho
69% matchMixed66% of 1,312 reviews2020
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Zombies 18.4%, Crafting 16.9%, Survival 15.9%, Building 14.6%
- #54 Walking Zombie 2
66% matchVery Positive87% of 13,297 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Survival 19%, Crafting 13%, Stylized 4.7%
- #55 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
63% matchVery Positive89% of 9,529 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
Why similar: Zombies 33.9%, Post-apocalyptic 30.9%, Crafting 22.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Action 5%
- #56 SurvivalZ
68% matchMixed60% of 318 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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 40.3%, Zombies 36.4%, Adventure 13%, Action 10.3%
- #57 The Left Behind
65% matchMostly Negative26% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Extrude
Windows
The Left Behind is a solo and co-op post-apocalyptic survival game. Explore a typical Dutch open-world landscape at daytime and beware of hordes of enemies coming in at night. Loot and hunt to survive. Each night, the game becomes increasingly challenging. How long will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 28.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Survival 10.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #58 Miscreated
66% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Zombies 31.4%, Survival 30.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Crafting 14.3%, Action 2.1%