- #1 ZERO Sievert
97% matchVery Positive85% of 14,958 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 36.1% ★, Looter Shooter 15.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Survival 7.7%, Loot 4.7%
- #2 Deadline Escape
96% matchVery Positive87% of 356 reviews2026
Dev: DeadlineEscape
Windows
Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 32.4% ★, Extraction Shooter 31% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Survival 12.9%, Shooter 2.9%
- #3 Road to Vostok
96% matchVery Positive84% of 8,093 reviews2026
Dev: Road to Vostok Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 23% ★, Gun Customization 15.5%, Extraction Shooter 15% ★, Survival 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%
- #4 Blood Running
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: Dead Unicorn
Windows
Blood Running is a stylish extraction shooter where you'll enter the cyber-wasteland, fight off creatures and bandits, loot valuable gear, and venture into the remnants of a world in ruins. Are you willing to bleed to survive, Blood Runner?
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 36.9% ★, Looter Shooter 18.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Survival 7.6%, Open World 5.3%
- #5 Cargo Hunters
94% matchVery Positive84% of 473 reviews2026
Dev: Order Of Meta
Windows
Cargo Hunters is a single-player extraction shooter where you control a humanoid robot scavenging the remains of humanity on an abandoned, dystopian Earth.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 43.7% ★, Gun Customization 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Survival 8.4%, Loot 7.5%
- #6 SurrounDead
94% matchVery Positive92% of 25,236 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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: Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Survival 25.4%, Open World 19.2%, Loot 11.7%, Shooter 8.3%
- #7 Atomfall
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,251 reviews2025
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.9%, Open World 22.9%, Survival 17.2%, Action 6.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #8 Night Raider
92% matchVery Positive86% of 1,943 reviews2024
Dev: TSUKUYOMIC
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...
Why similar: Gun Customization 31.6%, Extraction Shooter 19.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Shooter 8.4%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #9 Old Future: Post-Apocalyptic Times
91% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Crafting-survival Indie game. Explore at your own pace or team up with your friends in multiplayer. Early access game!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 28.3% ★, Gun Customization 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 9.6%, Open World 9.6%
- #10 No Escape from Madness
91% matchMixed67% of 273 reviews2025
Dev: qiqin
Windows
No Escape from Madness is a thrilling shooting adventure game that blends Lovecraftian elements with extraction gameplay. You will guide the self-sacrificing infantry operators into the Sector where The Elder One is poised to descend.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 53.9% ★, Looter Shooter 13% ★, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Survival 6.4%, Shooter 4.1%
- #11 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
90% matchVery Positive88% of 1,837 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 34.9%, Survival 24.6%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Top-Down 10.1%, Shooter 8.7%
- #12 Last Group Out
89% matchVery Positive83% of 553 reviews2022
Dev: Woodland Development
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Team up, gear up, and make it out alive in this 2D co-op extraction shooter.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 33.1% ★, Looter Shooter 23.9% ★, Gun Customization 15.9%, Survival 7.7%, Shooter 7.7%
- #13 Ashes of the Union
89% matchMixed64% of 415 reviews2024
Dev: 700 Games Studio
Windows
A vehicular shooter with roguelike elements, offering a wild take on an alternate future of the Soviet Union. Build your combat vehicle and show nature who's boss!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 42.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Top-Down 10.9%, Shooter 7.1%, Simulation 5%
- #14 Dustland
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: RedPad Games
Windows
Dustland is a reimagined take on the survival genre. A world where expeditions, looting, and battles are just the tip of the iceberg, hiding secrets and mysteries of a fallen region in its depths.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 36% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Gun Customization 18%, Survival 15.4%, Loot 12%
- #15 Poly Roam
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: NightTime Co.
Windows
Poly Roam is a survival, driving road-trip game featuring a large, explorable environment that is procedurally generated. Loot, gather, and drive as much as you can.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 37.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Survival 15%, Open World 12.5%, Shooter 8%
- #16 Hell is Others
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,160 reviews2022
Dev: Strelka GamesPub: A List Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Hell is Others is an extraction top-down shooter combining roguelike elements. Outside the safety of your apartment lies the noir hellscape that is Century City. A city of endless night that straddles the line between reality and insanity. Explore, hunt, and loot in a place where blood is currency.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 51.7% ★, Survival 14.5%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down 10%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #17 Dead World
85% matchVery Positive96% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: Milanesa Studio
Windows
Dead World is a first-person shooter game set in a post-apocalyptic world, where you follow Miguel's journey to return home to a war-torn Argentina.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.1%, Survival 15.7%, Open World 13.8%, Shooter 13.6%, Exploration 5.4%
- #18 No Man's Home
84% matchVery Positive87% of 158 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 28.2%, Survival 26%, Shooter 17.5%, Open World 15.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #19 ARC Raiders
81% matchVery Positive83% of 403,622 reviews2025
Dev: Embark Studios
Windows
Median: 41.5 hrsMean: 95.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 64.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Survival 8.5%, Shooter 6.4%, Open World 5%
- #20 iZolated
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: Gun Customization 31.1%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #21 Apocalypse Express
82% matchVery Positive83% of 232 reviews2026
Dev: Llamaware Studios
Windows
Conduct, upgrade and repair your train through endless waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this action management roguelike, the player decides to embark on a journey through the wasteland looking to fulfill the dream of seeing the remains of the outside world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.7%, Top-Down 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Action 6.7%, Strategy 3.8%
- #22 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
83% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Looter Shooter 20.2% ★, Survival 13.5%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Shooter 9.9%
- #23 Shell Runner
81% matchMixed55% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Reija
Windows
2045. Life's never been cheaper. Shells mean you can come back if you have money. You used to. Now you're on the bottom in a cyberpunk sprawl. Claw your way back up through wet work as a Shell Runner, in a PvE extraction looter shooter, where a gig can make you rich - or broke.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 45.1% ★, Looter Shooter 23.5% ★, Survival 9.8%, Loot 7.9%, Shooter 6.7%
- #24 CONVRGENCE
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,597 reviews2024
Dev: Monkey-With-a-Bomb
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Gun Customization 13.8%, Survival 9.1%, Shooter 6.9%
- #25 Raise Your Tribe
80% matchMixed57% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Primeval Forest Studios
Windows
A hardcore tactical shooter with horror elements. Battle Machines and Mutants, and build your legacy on a deadly post-apocalyptic Cyberpunk Island. Explore dangerous zones, craft powerful gear, and shape your Cyberware build. Uncover secrets and fight to survive in a brutal, immersive world!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Open World 14.7%, Survival 14.5%, Loot 10.2%
- #26 Survival Nation: Lost Horizon
79% matchMixed58% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.Pub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Survival Nation: Lost Horizon is an open-world, top-down zombie survival game. Keep yourself and other survivors alive in a world gone to the zombies, upgrade your gear and skills, and keep civilization going in a world where humans are the top pick on the menu.
Why similar: Gun Customization 26.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Survival 16.6%, Open World 13.1%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #27 Idle Atomic
78% matchMixed62% of 460 reviews2021
Dev: Checkbox EntertainmentPub: Iron Horse Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 105.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Idle Atomic is an Incremental Idle RPG in a post-apocalyptic world. Level up skills, refine your salvaged materials and hunt mutant creatures to survive!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 65.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #28 Dark Light: Survivor
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 263 reviews2026
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows
Dark Light: Survivor is a dark sci-fi action roguelike with ARPG loot and third-person shooter combat. Switch anytime between top-down view and TPS aiming as you build weapons, skills, and classes across brutal multiverse runs.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 52.9%, Loot 24.8%, Action 10%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Adventure 4.4%
- #29 Castan
77% matchMixed52% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Glass Nomad Games
Windows
Explore an open, post-apocalyptic city, delving into run-down shops and apartments, where mutated creatures run rampant. Few survivors remain alive in a small, secure settlement. Paying off your debt to the mafia will be no easy task as you dive into the dangerous, contaminated city of Castan.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 33.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Loot 12.3%, Open World 10.5%, Shooter 9.8%
- #30 Junk Survivor
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 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: Post-apocalyptic 31.1%, Survival 22.9%, Open World 17.1%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Simulation 5.2%
- #31 Z.O.N.A Project X VR
75% 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: Gun Customization 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Open World 13.5%, Shooter 11.9%, Survival 10.5%
- #32 Dungeon Core
76% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Talismanic Entertainment
Windows
Dungeon Core is a roguelite top-down shooter where you get to explore the sewers and beyond to ultimately reach an old underground research facility. Old nuclear waste has caused dangerous mutations in creatures due to a failed experiment. You set out to destroy the abandoned nuclear core.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Gun Customization 22.5%, Survival 19.8%, Top-Down 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #33 Exile to Death
77% matchMixed67% of 348 reviews2018
Dev: Aleksei MilchakovPub: Manifestors Games Studio
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Explore the world , collect resources , craft items , build a fortified house and kill other players to survive. BUT don't forget about cyborgs...
Why similar: Survival 58.9%, Action 19.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 10.6%
- #34 Tankenstein
73% matchVery Positive89% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Landship Games LTD
Windows
Tankenstein is a 3rd person ARPG where the player controls a dishevelled tank in a post apocalyptic wasteland looking for new parts to survive and upgrade itself. All of the other tanks in the scrapyard have the same goal, which makes them hostile in this survival of the fittest arena.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 50.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Shooter 11%, Open World 8.7%, Action 4.4%
- #35 Astro Looter: Survivor
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Soda Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.
Why similar: Survival 34.5%, Shooter 24%, Top-Down 22.8%, Action 7.1%, Adventure 7%
- #36 Skyward Extraction
73% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Naughty Clogs
Windows
A light horror roguelike adventure through a post apocalyptic world, with airships.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 46.4% ★, Loot 21.2%, Survival 20.9%, Action 5%, Adventure 4.1%
- #37 Fargone
74% matchMixed69% of 586 reviews2022
Dev: RedDot Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 45% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 11.8%, Action 3.4%
- #38 Repetendium
72% matchVery Positive90% of 295 reviews2022
Dev: Bearlex Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...
Why similar: Survival 50.6%, Pixel Graphics 23%, Action 12.4%, Adventure 10%, Singleplayer 4%
- #39 Death Trash
71% matchVery Positive92% of 3,688 reviews2021
Dev: Crafting Legends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.8%, Open World 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #40 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
72% matchVery Positive85% of 10,488 reviews2018
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 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 35.7%, Survival 26%, Open World 14.5%, Exploration 8%, Strategy 6%
- #41 Soviet Survival
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Survival 23.5%, Open World 18.3%, Shooter 13.2%, Survival Horror 10.8%
- #42 ZED ZONE
71% matchVery Positive80% of 3,584 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.6%, Survival 22.9%, Open World 17.6%, Top-Down 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #43 Forsaken Isle
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 515 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Survival 53%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Adventure 10.5%, Action 8.4%, Indie 5.2%
- #44 Gunbot Diplomacy: Blast Off
70% matchVery Positive88% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive the wasteland in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from tons of build-defining modules and wacky bots for a new experience every run. Prologue teaser build.
Why similar: Gun Customization 58.9%, Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Action 7.4%, Indie 0.8%
- #45 LIFE EFFECT Survival
68% matchVery Positive88% of 469 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 50.2% ★, Survival 20.1%, Shooter 14.4%, Exploration 6.3%, Action 4.6%
- #46 Voxile
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: VoxRay Games, Inc.
Windows
Quest, craft, loot, build, destroy, and shoot your way through gorgeous voxel islands! Encounter mutated wildlife, discover secrets, and find out what went wrong in both pre-designed adventure and procedural survival worlds. Play in Early Access today--alone or with friends!
Why similar: Survival 33.9%, Open World 30.8%, Shooter 20.5%, Exploration 11.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #47 Nuclear Throne
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,623 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.7%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Shooter 15.5%, Top-Down 13.1%, Action 8.2%
- #48 Deadside
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,335 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Survival 23.9%, Looter Shooter 18.9% ★, Open World 15.9%, Shooter 8.8%
- #49 Project Silverfish
66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,017 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 23.1 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 24.7%, Shooter 19.6%, Open World 19.2%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Exploration 9%
- #50 Notrium
69% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Ville Mönkkönen
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
You have crash-landed on Notrium. Your food supplies are running low, and a pack of predatory aliens have your scent. You're out of bullets for your pistol, your only weapon a handful of rocks. A freezing night is setting in, and you are desperately looking for firewood. Can you survive?
Why similar: Survival 39.4%, Shooter 19.7%, Top-Down 16.2%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 7.5%
- #51 Ruins To Fortress
67% matchMixed64% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 27.1% ★, Survival 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Open World 14.3%, Shooter 9.9%
- #52 Atomicrops
66% matchVery Positive92% of 6,257 reviews2020
Dev: Bird Bath GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!
Why similar: Gun Customization 31.3%, Survival 23.5%, Open World 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Action 7.8%
- #53 Next Day: Survival
68% 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 32.7%, Post-apocalyptic 28%, Open World 21.6%, Shooter 8.6%, Action 2.4%
- #54 Acid Planet
67% matchVery Positive80% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.4%, Survival 23.6%, Top-Down 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #55 Decision: Red Daze
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 885 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Survival 26.9%, Open World 20%, Top-Down 12.5%, Action 5.8%
- #56 DESOLATE
67% matchMixed66% of 8,050 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: Survival 46.8%, Open World 34.9%, Adventure 4.9%, Action 4.7%, Survival Horror 4%