- #1 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 132,906 reviews2024
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC Game World (worldwide)
Windows
Median: 29.4 hrsMean: 55.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Open World 22.8%, FPS 15.5%, Survival 10.9%, First-Person 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: The closest thematic and mechanical match, focusing on irradiated open-world exploration and survival.
- #2 Chernobylite Complete Edition
96% matchVery Positive82% of 15,313 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 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 33.2%, Survival 15.1%, First-Person 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the specific focus on the Chernobyl exclusion zone, blending survival, base-building, and narrative choices.
- #3 Metro Exodus
96% matchVery Positive90% of 131,887 reviews2020
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 27.0 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 26.4%, Open World 16.7%, FPS 14.5%, Survival 7.6%, First-Person 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar atmospheric, post-apocalyptic journey through ruined landscapes with a heavy emphasis on survival and gear management.
- #4 Atomic Heart
95% matchVery Positive81% of 48,140 reviews2023
Dev: MundfishPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 27.2 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 22.3%, FPS 18.8%, First-Person 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar retro-futuristic, dystopian aesthetic with intense first-person combat and exploration.
- #5 Fallout 4
94% matchVery Positive81% of 424,498 reviews2015
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 37.1 hrsMean: 117.9 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 29.2%, Open World 25.3%, FPS 7.8%, Action RPG 7%, First-Person 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the definitive open-world post-apocalyptic RPG experience with extensive crafting and scavenging systems.
- #6 The Outer Worlds
94% matchVery Positive82% of 28,216 reviews2020
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
Why similar: Open World 24.6%, Action RPG 19%, FPS 17%, First-Person 7.8%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the action-RPG structure and focus on player choice within a distinct, stylized world.
- #7 Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
92% matchVery Positive88% of 31,665 reviews2025
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 27.3 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 25.9%, Action RPG 15%, FPS 11.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the dark, atmospheric, and exploration-heavy RPG elements found in Atomfall.
- #8 Generation Zero®
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 41,788 reviews2019
Dev: Systemic Reaction™Pub: Avalanche Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Open World 22%, FPS 16.8%, Survival 12.5%, Action 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the feeling of exploring a desolate, abandoned landscape filled with hostile machines, mirroring the tension of Atomfall.
- #9 Pacific Drive
91% matchVery Positive83% of 25,653 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.5 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 26.3%, Survival 16.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique, atmospheric survival experience focused on navigating a mysterious, anomalous zone.
- #10 Dying Light
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 487,201 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 61.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Open World 17.6%, FPS 12.6%, Action RPG 10.8%, Survival 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world exploration with survival mechanics and visceral first-person combat in a ruined city.
- #11 Hell is Us
89% matchVery Positive86% of 5,738 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 13.9 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: Action RPG 17.8%, Open World 17.3%, Action 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Adventure 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, mysterious exploration in a war-torn, surreal environment.
- #12 We Happy Few
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,698 reviews2018
Dev: Compulsion GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 14.4 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 30.8%, Survival 17.1%, First-Person 12.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Action 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, surreal British dystopian setting that mirrors the specific cultural tone found in Atomfall.
- #13 Terminator: Resistance
88% matchVery Positive92% of 18,186 reviews2019
Dev: TeyonPub: Reef Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 12.0 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 28.2%, FPS 18.2%, Open World 16.3%, First-Person 8.4%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a solid, narrative-driven first-person shooter experience in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #14 Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone
87% matchMixed65% of 732 reviews2025
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.4 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 18.4%, Open World 18.2%, FPS 11.6%, Action RPG 11.3%, Adventure 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Builds upon the survival-RPG mechanics of its predecessor in a similarly irradiated setting.
- #15 Avowed
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 12,431 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 29.3 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 23.9%, Action RPG 20.2%, First-Person 16.7%, Violent 10.3%, Adventure 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person RPG experience with a focus on exploration and combat in a rich, fantasy-dystopian world.
- #16 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
86% matchVery Positive83% of 68,064 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 38.8%, Survival 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Action 4%, Gore 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core loop of scavenging, base management, and survival in a hostile, open environment.
- #17 7 Days to Die
83% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 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: Post-apocalyptic 28.2%, Open World 25%, Survival 21.4%, FPS 15.8%, Action 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the survival, crafting, and base-building aspects of post-apocalyptic exploration.
- #18 Beyond Hanwell
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 728 reviews2024
Dev: Steel Arts Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, FPS 11.8%, First-Person 10.1%, Violent 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological horror and exploration of a desolate, abandoned urban environment.
- #19 Of Ash and Steel
84% matchMixed65% of 6,426 reviews2025
Dev: Fire & FrostPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 34.5%, Open World 15.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a gritty, action-RPG experience with a focus on exploration and survival.
- #20 DESOLATE
85% matchMixed67% of 8,039 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
Why similar: Open World 37.1%, Survival 24.3%, First-Person 11.4%, Gore 8.3%, Adventure 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes scavenging and exploration in a dangerous, anomalous open world.
- #21 Cronos: The New Dawn
82% matchVery Positive88% of 10,404 reviews2025
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 23.4 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 37.4%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Gore 11.6%, Action 8.3%, Survival Horror 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, sci-fi survival-horror experience with a focus on combat and atmosphere.
- #22 DYSMANTLE
82% matchVery Positive91% of 11,423 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: Open World 42.9%, Survival 26.7%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 8.7%, Exploration 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that captures the satisfaction of scavenging and dismantling a ruined world.
- #23 Z.O.N.A: Origin
81% matchVery Positive84% of 528 reviews2025
Dev: AGaming+
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 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 26.4%, Open World 21.5%, Action RPG 12.9%, Adventure 6.4%, Survival 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A shooter that leans heavily into the irradiated, post-apocalyptic aesthetic and survival mechanics.
- #24 Project Silverfish
80% matchVery Positive94% of 2,953 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 22.0 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: FPS 17.4%, Open World 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an immersive-sim approach to exploration and combat in a sandbox environment.
- #25 The Forest
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 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: Open World 34.4%, Survival 28.2%, First-Person 9.2%, Adventure 6.9%, Survival Horror 5%
Why You'll Like It: A premier survival game that forces players to scavenge and craft while navigating a hostile, mysterious wilderness.
- #26 Remoteness
81% 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 17.7%, Open World 15.9%, FPS 14.1%, Survival 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a focused, atmospheric exploration and survival experience in a desolate setting.
- #27 The Outer Worlds 2
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 8,222 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
Why similar: Open World 25.7%, Action RPG 22.7%, First-Person 12.4%, Violent 5.7%, Adventure 5.5%
- #28 Fallout 76
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 138,534 reviews2020
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.8%, Open World 29.5%, Survival 12.4%, FPS 9%, Gore 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Expands the post-apocalyptic RPG formula with a focus on survival and exploration in a massive, irradiated map.
- #29 Metro 2033 Redux
78% matchVery Positive92% of 134,240 reviews2014
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36%, FPS 18.7%, First-Person 7.6%, Survival 5.8%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a tense, atmospheric survival-shooter experience in a claustrophobic, post-apocalyptic world.
- #30 Forever Skies
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,446 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 32.0 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 23.7%, Open World 22.4%, Survival 13.7%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 6.8%
- #31 Metro: Last Light Redux
78% matchVery Positive91% of 78,290 reviews2014
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.7%, FPS 18.4%, First-Person 8%, Survival 7.6%, Action 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the high-stakes, atmospheric survival-shooter gameplay of the Metro series.
- #32 Survive the Fall
77% matchMixed69% of 663 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 30.3%, Open World 23.5%, Survival 14.9%, Stealth 7%, Action 6.9%
- #33 No Man's Home
76% matchVery Positive87% of 143 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 23.3%, FPS 16.9%, Open World 16.6%, Survival 13.8%, First-Person 8%
- #34 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition
75% matchMixed61% of 3,776 reviews2025
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 21.5%, FPS 18.2%, First-Person 10.1%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 8.5%
- #35 Total Chaos
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,381 reviews2025
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 21.1%, FPS 18.3%, Action RPG 13%, First-Person 11%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
- #36 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
73% matchVery Positive90% of 19,373 reviews2024
Dev: MachineGamesPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 21.8%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, First-Person 17.1%, Adventure 8.7%, Stealth 7.2%
- #37 Nuclear Day
74% matchMixed67% of 99 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 28%, Open World 21%, Action RPG 13.8%, Survival 12.4%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #38 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
75% matchVery Positive85% of 10,478 reviews2018
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 27.4 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 42.1%, Open World 22.2%, Survival 19.4%, Exploration 6.8%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #39 Z.O.N.A Project X VR
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 305 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 25.5%, Open World 21.9%, Action RPG 11.2%, Survival 8.3%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #40 Radiation Island
74% matchVery Positive81% of 629 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 35.7%, Open World 29.9%, Adventure 17%, Action 14%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #41 Atomic Exile
71% matchVery Positive81% of 112 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 35%, Open World 22.6%, Survival 16.9%, Action 6.7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #42 Hail to the Rainbow
69% matchVery Positive91% of 2,447 reviews2025
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 33.5%, FPS 21.8%, Survival 12.2%, Adventure 10.2%, Action 9.5%
- #43 Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
72% matchVery Positive82% of 55,509 reviews2009
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.6%, Open World 28.4%, FPS 9.4%, First-Person 6.9%, Action RPG 4.6%
- #44 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,880 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
Why similar: Open World 23.3%, Action RPG 21%, Survival 11.3%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Action 8.9%
- #45 Redfall
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 4,673 reviews2023
Dev: Arkane AustinPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.2 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 21.2%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Action 7.4%
- #46 Walkabout
72% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Wafflesoft
Windows
Tasmania is a harsh environment and to make things worse, the world is ending. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Open World 22.1%, Survival 13%, FPS 11.1%, First-Person 10.7%
- #47 System Shock
68% matchVery Positive91% of 12,525 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: FPS 19.5%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Action 9.7%, Adventure 9%
- #48 Outbreak Island
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 963 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 22.5%, Open World 17.3%, Survival 15.6%, FPS 14.1%, First-Person 9%
- #49 Mafia: The Old Country
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 27,679 reviews2025
Dev: Hangar 13Pub: 2K
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.
Why similar: Open World 24.2%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Stealth 14.5%, Action 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #50 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 97 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 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, FPS 15.1%, Survival 14.5%, Adventure 9.1%
- #51 DREADZONE
68% matchMixed52% of 1,188 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 23.6%, Open World 23.2%, Survival 14.3%, First-Person 10.2%, Action-Adventure 6.5%
- #52 ELEX
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 19,503 reviews2017
Dev: Piranha BytesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.4 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 39.5%, Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, Adventure 5.8%, Action 5.1%, Sci-fi 4.5%
- #53 Chernobyl Trap
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 112 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 22.1%, Adventure 16.7%, Action 15%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, First-Person 10.7%
- #54 Chornobyl Liquidators
69% matchMixed48% of 668 reviews2024
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Survival 13.2%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, First-Person 9.2%, Immersive Sim 7.9%
- #55 Vorax
68% matchMixed62% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Open World 16.2%, FPS 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Survival 9.3%
- #56 Crisol: Theater of Idols
64% matchVery Positive87% of 3,750 reviews2026
Dev: Vermila StudiosPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crisol is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain. As a soldier captured by religious dogmatism, you must use your own blood as ammunition, without draining to the point of death. Explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets, and battle horrifying enemies.
Why similar: FPS 23.7%, Survival 14.4%, First-Person 13.7%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Action 7.9%
- #57 Winter Survivor Protocol
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 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: Post-apocalyptic 34.6%, Open World 26.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Survival 7.8%
- #58 Star Wars Outlaws
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 11,059 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft StudioPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars™ game and explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.
Why similar: Open World 33.1%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Action 9.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%