- #1 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
97% matchVery Positive80% of 141,394 reviews2024
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC Game World (worldwide)
Windows
Median: 32.5 hrsMean: 64.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Open World 22.1%, FPS 15.5%, Survival 11%, First-Person 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for fans of atmospheric, post-apocalyptic survival and tactical first-person combat.
- #2 Chernobylite Complete Edition
96% matchVery Positive82% of 15,629 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.2%, Survival 15.4%, First-Person 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Adventure 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific Eastern European exclusion zone aesthetic, focusing on survival, crafting, and base management.
- #3 Metro Exodus
96% matchVery Positive90% of 136,223 reviews2020
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Open World 16%, FPS 14.4%, Survival 7.6%, First-Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully combines linear narrative with open-world exploration in a harsh, irradiated post-apocalyptic setting.
- #4 Atomic Heart
95% matchVery Positive81% of 56,309 reviews2023
Dev: MundfishPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.
Why similar: Open World 22.2%, FPS 19.4%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, First-Person 10.1%, Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a high-octane, sci-fi action experience with a unique aesthetic that mirrors the retro-futuristic vibes of Atomfall.
- #5 We Happy Few
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,778 reviews2018
Dev: Compulsion Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
Why similar: Open World 30.6%, Survival 17.9%, First-Person 11.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Set in an alternate-history Britain, it captures a similar dystopian atmosphere with survival and exploration mechanics.
- #6 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
93% matchVery Positive88% of 35,767 reviews2025
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.
Why similar: Open World 26.5%, Action RPG 14.7%, FPS 11.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Adventure 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, first-person open-world RPG that focuses on dark atmosphere and exploration.
- #7 Fallout 4
94% matchVery Positive81% of 429,478 reviews2015
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 37.3 hrsMean: 119.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.1%, Open World 24.5%, FPS 7.8%, Action RPG 6.6%, First-Person 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential open-world post-apocalyptic RPG that emphasizes scavenging, crafting, and exploration.
- #8 Pacific Drive
92% 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: Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Survival 17.5%, First-Person 9.8%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival-focused game where your vehicle is your only protection against a mysterious, anomalous environment.
- #9 Hell is Us
90% matchVery Positive85% of 6,870 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
If war is the closest we get to hell on earth, it's because Earth harbours the worst of demons: humankind. In an isolated country ravaged by infighting, discover the secrets of your past and deal with the repercussions of a mysterious calamity.
Why similar: Open World 17.6%, Action RPG 17%, Action 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Adventure 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric action-adventure game that prioritizes environmental storytelling and exploration over hand-holding.
- #10 Beyond Hanwell
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 755 reviews2024
Dev: Steel Arts Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.
Why similar: Open World 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, FPS 11.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Violent 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world horror game set in a desolate, abandoned version of London that captures a similar British setting.
- #11 Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone
89% matchMixed65% of 766 reviews2025
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore the mysterious, beautiful, yet dark world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in this post-apocalyptic action-RPG. Make your mark on this world, through your character development, choices and playstyle. But remember – everything has a price and consequences.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20%, Open World 17.9%, FPS 11.8%, Action RPG 10.8%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct evolution of the survival-RPG formula set within a dangerous, anomalous exclusion zone.
- #12 Prey
88% matchVery Positive91% of 54,757 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: FPS 20.1%, Open World 12.4%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that rewards scavenging and creative problem-solving in a hostile, isolated environment.
- #13 Forever Skies
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,059 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Open World 21.8%, Survival 14%, First-Person 8.2%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-tech survival game focused on scavenging and crafting while exploring a ruined, toxic Earth.
- #14 Singularity™
87% matchVery Positive93% of 5,962 reviews2010
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Why similar: FPS 45.6%, Action 12.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cult-classic sci-fi shooter that blends atmospheric exploration with time-bending mechanics and Soviet-era aesthetics.
- #15 Mad Max
86% matchVery Positive92% of 90,649 reviews2015
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.1%, Open World 30.7%, Survival 9.9%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a massive, brutal post-apocalyptic open world centered on scavenging and vehicular survival.
- #16 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition
85% matchMixed63% of 4,193 reviews2025
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat follows the story of special service agent Major Degtyarev as he investigates the fate of a lost expedition.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, FPS 18.1%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 8.3%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A refined classic that offers deep exploration and survival elements in the heart of the Zone.
- #17 Cronos: The New Dawn
84% matchVery Positive88% of 11,957 reviews2025
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.8%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Gore 11.3%, Action 7.9%, Survival Horror 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title that blends sci-fi themes with intense combat and exploration.
- #18 Of Ash and Steel
84% matchMixed66% of 7,038 reviews2025
Dev: Fire & FrostPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Why similar: Action RPG 34%, Open World 15.8%, Adventure 12%, Action 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty action-RPG that focuses on exploration and combat in a dark, atmospheric open world.
- #19 Avowed
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,289 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG set in the world of Eora, where your choices carve a path through war, intrigue, and ancient mysteries. Navigate a land in turmoil, forge powerful alliances or deadly rivalries, and wield magic and steel to shape the fate of the Living Lands—and your own destiny.
Why similar: Open World 24.4%, Action RPG 20%, First-Person 16.1%, Violent 10.9%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person RPG that emphasizes exploration and story-rich encounters in a unique fantasy setting.
- #20 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
82% 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: Open World 37.3%, Survival 26%, Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Action 3.9%, Gore 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the survival loop of scavenging, base building, and managing resources in a dangerous world.
- #21 DYSMANTLE
82% 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: Open World 42.3%, Survival 27.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 8.5%, Exploration 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game where scavenging and destroying the environment are central to progression.
- #22 Remnant: From the Ashes
81% matchVery Positive84% of 57,580 reviews2019
Dev: Gunfire GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.4%, Action 15.7%, Survival 15.1%, Adventure 13.4%, Violent 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging action-RPG set in a ruined world that emphasizes exploration and tactical combat.
- #23 DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
80% matchVery Positive92% of 69,037 reviews2022
Dev: KOJIMA PRODUCTIONSPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.4%, Open World 29%, Adventure 6.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Story Rich 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric game that turns the act of traversal and survival in a ruined landscape into a core mechanic.
- #24 DayZ
81% 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: Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Open World 17.8%, Survival 16.7%, FPS 14.3%, First-Person 8%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate hardcore survival experience that forces players to scavenge and interact in a vast, unforgiving post-Soviet landscape.
- #25 Total Chaos
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fort Oasis is no paradise—it's a decaying nightmare where reality crumbles. The creator of Turbo Overkill unleashes survival-horror stacked with mysteries and monstrosities. Scavenge to craft weapons, while a voice on your walkie-talkie guides you into the island's depths.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, FPS 18.5%, Action RPG 12.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, atmospheric horror-action game that emphasizes survival and exploration in a decaying world.
- #26 The Long Dark
79% 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: Open World 28.1%, Survival 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, First-Person 8.8%, Adventure 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A pure survival experience that focuses on the struggle against the elements in a desolate, frozen wilderness.
- #27 The Outer Worlds 2
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 8,912 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
Why similar: Open World 25.9%, Action RPG 21.8%, First-Person 12.1%, Violent 6%, Adventure 5.7%
- #28 Nuclear Day
78% matchMixed64% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nuclear Day is a story-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the secrets of this world. Fight monsters. Pass tests and solve puzzles. Become your own in this tragic world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.9%, Open World 20.3%, Action RPG 13.1%, Survival 12.6%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on scavenging and RPG elements in a ruined landscape.
- #29 Radiation Island
79% matchVery Positive81% of 642 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Survival 37.1%, Open World 29%, Adventure 17%, Action 13.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game set in an open world filled with radiation and mysterious anomalies.
- #30 Z.O.N.A: Origin
76% matchVery Positive83% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: AGaming+
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Z.O.N.A: Origin is an immersive adventure in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Dive into a captivating story, explore a stunning open world, avoid dangerous anomalies, and hunt for powerful artifacts. Every choice you make can be decisive in this unpredictable world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.3%, Open World 20.8%, Action RPG 12.3%, Survival 6.5%, Adventure 6.2%
- #31 Survive the Fall
77% matchMixed67% of 689 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.1%, Open World 22.6%, Survival 15%, Stealth 6.6%, Action 6.6%
- #32 No Man's Home
75% matchVery Positive87% of 284 reviews2025
Dev: radrunner
Windows
You wander into the dangerous Asran Exclusion Zone. You will have to survive hunger, thirst, dangerous factions, radioactive emissions and the wild life. Remember, this is no man's home and you are not the hero.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, FPS 16.9%, Open World 16%, Survival 14%, Immersive Sim 7.6%
- #33 Project Silverfish
74% matchVery Positive93% of 3,353 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, FPS 17.5%, Open World 15.8%, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #34 Fatekeeper
73% matchVery Positive80% of 11,030 reviews2026
Dev: ParaglacialPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Venture into a handcrafted world where ruins whisper of past cataclysms. Master the art of sword and sorcery and forge your path with relics, spells and choices that shape who you become in this first-person RPG.
Why similar: Action RPG 26.5%, First-Person 16.5%, Gore 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Action 10.3%
- #35 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
75% matchVery Positive85% of 10,558 reviews2018
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44%, Open World 21%, Survival 19.3%, Exploration 6.8%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #36 Remoteness
76% matchMixed56% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: KR Games
Windows
New York, 2034: you wake up after what seemed to be a terrible nightmare, while it is not. The district has been evacuated and isolated overnight by the army, after an electrical meteor shower hit the Earth. Fight, explore, survive, and try to escape from this hell!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Open World 15.5%, FPS 14.2%, Survival 9.8%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #37 Hail to the Rainbow
72% matchVery Positive91% of 2,772 reviews2025
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The story of a lonely young man named Ignat, who survives in the dangerous and gloomy world of post-apocalyptic cyberpunk. You have to face the trials of a new reality and plunge into the secrets of the surrounding chaos.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.2%, FPS 21.4%, Survival 12.2%, Adventure 9.8%, Action 9.1%
- #38 Terminator: Resistance
73% matchVery Positive92% of 18,805 reviews2019
Dev: TeyonPub: Reef Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30%, FPS 18.3%, Open World 16%, First-Person 7.8%, Action 4.5%
- #39 System Shock
72% matchVery Positive90% of 13,021 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: FPS 19.9%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Action 9.6%, First-Person 9.1%, Adventure 8.9%
- #40 ELEX
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 19,627 reviews2017
Dev: Piranha BytesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.
Why similar: Open World 38.3%, Post-apocalyptic 31.9%, Adventure 5.7%, Action 4.9%, Sci-fi 4.5%
- #41 Z.O.N.A Project X VR
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 315 reviews2023
Dev: AGaming+
Windows
Z.O.N.A Project X - thrilling single-player VR shooter. Explore Chornobyl's exclusion zone, a hazardous apocalyptic world filled with anomalies. Survive using your weapons, scavenge for resources, and save humanity from doom.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.2%, Open World 21.2%, Action RPG 10.6%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #42 Apocalypter
70% matchVery Positive90% of 365 reviews2026
Dev: SawyerK Games
Windows
Apocalypter is a post-apocalyptic, driving, survival, fps, open-world game. Fight, help, trade with different factions. Find different cars and customize them. Scavenge, loot and survive the procedurally generated, open world of Apocalypter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.4%, Open World 21.5%, Survival 13%, FPS 9.4%, Adventure 6.6%
- #43 Atomic Exile
71% matchVery Positive81% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Inferno Muse Interactive
Windows
Atomic Exile is a top down post-apocalyptic extraction shooter set in the desert wastelands of near future America. You will visit enclaves, explore devastated ruins and encounter NPCs such as other survivors, raiders, mutated beasts and rogue machines.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.7%, Open World 21.7%, Survival 17%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 6.1%
- #44 Outbreak Island
70% 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: Post-apocalyptic 24%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 15.8%, FPS 14.1%, First-Person 8.3%
- #45 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
71% matchMixed63% of 8,753 reviews2025
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl, the first chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which started it all.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, FPS 17.8%, First-Person 9.1%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 8.1%
- #46 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
69% matchVery Positive90% of 20,787 reviews2024
Dev: MachineGamesPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones™.
Why similar: Open World 20%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, First-Person 15.5%, Adventure 8.4%, Stealth 6.7%
- #47 D.E.C.A.Y.
69% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: AGaming+
Windows
Survive 365 days to earn absolute freedom. Become the operator of a remote D.E.C.A.Y. bunker, explore the scorched sectors of the United States with your robot companion, gather resources, and maintain the Atlas network in hardcore VR, where order is a matter of choice.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Open World 22%, Action RPG 15%, Survival 10.1%, Action 6.5%
- #48 Project Cobalt
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Open World 31.4%, Survival 20.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Adventure 7.5%, Action 7.1%
- #49 Chernobyl Trap
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: ZERO5GAMES
Windows · Linux
You are survived pilot of fallen helicopter. Your mission is simple: go to evacuation point. But can you do it and not die?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Action 14.7%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, First-Person 10%
- #50 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, FPS 15.1%, Survival 14.8%, Adventure 8.9%
- #51 Scavland
66% matchVery Positive84% of 983 reviews2026
Dev: NoShadow
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Scavland is a hardcore Top-Down Pixel Art survival RPG set in a Post-Apocalyptic Soviet world. Scavenge the wastes and forgotten bunkers, take dangerous jobs, build your reputation, and customize your arsenal as you fight to survive mutants, hostile survivors, radiation, and the deadly Mist.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.2%, Open World 18.4%, Survival 15%, Action RPG 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #52 Redfall
69% matchMostly Negative39% of 4,721 reviews2023
Dev: Arkane AustinPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The town of Redfall is under siege by a legion of vampires who have cut the island off from the outside world. Trapped with a handful of survivors, slay alone or squad up in open-world FPS action.
Why similar: Open World 26.6%, FPS 21.8%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, First-Person 9.9%, Action 7.3%
- #53 DREADZONE
67% 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: Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, Open World 22.5%, Survival 14.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Action-Adventure 6.2%
- #54 Gothic 1 Remake
62% matchVery Positive89% of 41,445 reviews2026
Dev: Alkimia Interactive
Windows
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Legend is Back - Return to the Valley of the Mines in this faithful remake of the genre-defining classic RPG. Explore a hand-crafted, organic open world that reacts dynamically to your actions in a gritty, unrestricted experience like no other.
Why similar: Action RPG 36.7%, Adventure 15.2%, Action 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Exploration 10.4%
- #55 Dead Man´s Diary
68% matchMixed45% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: TML-Studios
Windows
It's a fictitious post-apocalyptic world, 15 years after the catastrophe, you have to leave your shelter and explore a world devoid of human life. On your own, you must find a way to survive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.7%, FPS 22.1%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, First-Person 10.1%, Survival 6.4%
- #56 The Blood of Dawnwalker
62% matchVery Positive87% of 27,631 reviews2026
Dev: Rebel WolvesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG set in 14th-century Europe. You play as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, fighting to save your family in a story shaped by your actions and the secrets you uncover.
Why similar: Open World 33.5%, Action RPG 23.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Action 7.1%
- #57 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,885 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.3%, Action RPG 16.8%, Survival 14.6%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Stealth 5.9%
- #58 Hollowbody
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,618 reviews2024
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 52.4%, Action-Adventure 16.4%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 7.2%