Games Like Cannibal Crossing

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: Base Building 25.5%, Open World 19.4%, Crafting 19.1%, Survival 18.5%, Top-Down 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down open-world survival game that emphasizes scavenging and destroying the environment to craft better gear for your escape.

The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Survival 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-roguelike that pits you against massive zombie hordes in a procedural world, closely matching the core gameplay loop of the seed.

Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.7%, Local Co-Op 18.2%, Survival 15.2%, Roguelike 12.5%, Co-op 7%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural zombie-survival roguelike that emphasizes co-op play and the desperate search for resources while on the move.

Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.6% ★, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar top-down perspective with a heavy focus on co-op zombie survival and base construction.

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: Open World Survival Craft 38% ★, Survival 19.3%, Open World 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Crafting 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive top-down zombie survival experience, offering deep base-building and scavenging mechanics that mirror the intensity of Cannibal Crossing.

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Open World 9.3%, Crafting 9%, Online Co-Op 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that features extensive base-building, procedural exploration, and cooperative combat.

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 64.9% ★, Survival 19.9%, Online Co-Op 3.6%, Open World 3.2%, Co-op 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A premier co-op survival experience that shares the procedural generation and base-building elements found in Cannibal Crossing.

A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on crafting, survival, and exploration in a procedural world, offering a similar co-op experience to the seed.

2D top-down multi co-op action game. Survive the zombies together with a stranger.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.5%, Action Roguelike 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Top-Down 10.3%, Co-op 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-roguelike that leans heavily into the zombie survival theme with a focus on multiplayer co-op.

Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.

Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Online Co-Op 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Survival 12.5%, Co-op 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A direct match for the base-building and horde-defense mechanics found in the seed game, specifically designed for co-op play.

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines survival and base-building with a focus on managing survivors and interacting with hostile factions in a zombie-ridden world.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.2%, Online Co-Op 14%, Roguelike 13.2%, Local Co-Op 10.4%, Co-op 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more chaotic, it shares the procedural, top-down, and co-op elements that make exploring dangerous environments fun.

Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.6% ★, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 10%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and base-building with co-op support.

Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city.

Why similar: Base Building 36.7%, Survival 21.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Action 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features base-building and zombie defense in a top-down perspective.

Apocalypse Party is a 3D top-down action Roguelike game. In this game, you will embark on a new mission to traverse through the Middle Ages and gradually master abilities, and arm yourself to become the strongest survivor through numerous choices.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Action Roguelike 21.9%, Online Co-Op 21.6%, Roguelike 10.2%, Co-op 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-roguelike that captures the frantic, horde-clearing combat style of the seed game.

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building and survival with a top-down aesthetic, focusing on gathering resources to survive in a hostile environment.

Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

Why similar: Survival 19.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 17.1%, Open World 13.1%, Action Roguelike 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist survival roguelike that features co-op, base-building, and wave-based combat.

Crash-landed on a surreal, low-poly world filled with freakish inhabitants, choose between permadeath and non-permadeath modes and embark on an epic (and ridiculous) survival adventure. Will you manage to stay alive as you unravel the mysteries of Wrongworld and search for a way home?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.5% ★, Survival 11.5%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 8.9%, Funny 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes exploration and crafting in a dangerous, procedurally generated environment.

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.6% ★, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique take on base-building and survival by allowing you to operate a mobile base in a hostile, procedural world.

Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.7%, Base Building 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Top-Down 10.3%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that refines the top-down shooter and base-building mechanics of the original.

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: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 10%, Survival 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes the transition from scavenging in ruins to building a secure fortress.

Embark on an online co-op Survival Roguelite adventure. Team up with friends, slash through endless waves of foes, conquer formidable bosses, fulfill quests, craft potent weapons, and unlock unique characters!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.5%, Action Roguelike 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Roguelike 12.5%, Co-op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that focuses on co-op survival and arcade-style combat against waves of enemies.

Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival game that focuses on building and maintaining a mobile base while exploring a dangerous world.

Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Procedural Generation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on base-building and surviving in a post-apocalyptic environment.

MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Base Building 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Action Roguelike 9%

Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 42%, Survival 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Action 9.7%, Procedural Generation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique top-down zombie survival roguelite that focuses on managing a group of survivors during a chaotic apocalypse.

Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.5%, Action Roguelike 21%, Procedural Generation 13%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Co-op 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelike with co-op support that shares the chaotic, combat-heavy feel of the seed.

Guntouchables is an online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players. You play as a gun-toting group of 'preppers' trying to reclaim the world from an ever-evolving horde of mutants, constantly working to develop new unique ways to kill you.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.3%, Online Co-Op 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 12.4%, Co-op 11.4%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Base Building 34%, Survival 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Crafting 8%, Open World 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and base-building aspects of survival in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Online Co-Op 12%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.4%

Embark on a 1-4 players Co-op survival adventure in an open world wilderness in search of a myth called the Lod Stone. Build your house, sow your crops, brew potions, tame a horse and discover powerful abilities. Venture into dangerous dungeons, fight unique bosses to find the Lod stone.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Open World 9.7%, Survival 8.9%

Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

Why similar: Survival 27.1%, Crafting 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Top-Down 11.4%, Action 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical survival game where you manage a group of survivors through procedurally generated zombie-infested areas.

The world's been flooded. All you have left is your Super Raft Boat… and your friends! Work together to expand your raft while fending off the strangely violent (and wealthy??) creatures of the sea in this multiplayer roguelike shooter. Will your crew survive and reach the Final Island?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Local Co-Op 11%, Roguelike 8.4%

Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 14.3%, Co-op 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that emphasizes co-op survival against waves of zombies.

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: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Open World 17.6%, Survival 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Base Building 14.5%

Wizard with a Gun is an online sandbox survival game for 1 - 4 players set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with a friend to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.1%, Crafting 21.2%, Roguelike 21.1%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 7.7%

Zombieville USA 3D is a stylized arcade shooter combining retro gameplay with strikingly polished visuals. Fight through an endless undead horde in the bleak hellscape of suburbia! Choose your weapons, grab a friend, and see how long you can survive.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.3%, Action Roguelike 31.5%, Co-op 14.4%, Funny 9%, Action 6.8%

The god Hoochooboo is hungry… for you. But serving is better than being served in this co-op cook 'em up! Chop up vegetables, fruits and tourists and serve your divine delicacies in arcade style with up to 4 chefs!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 35.6%, Local Co-Op 22.3%, Co-op 18%, Action 7.9%, Funny 6.9%

Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%

Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.5%

Broventure = Vampire Survivors + Base building + Co-op. Band together with friends and obliterate hordes of grueling enemies, gather crucial resources, and transform your camp into a sanctuary of liberation.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.2%, Online Co-Op 19.9%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Roguelike 12.2%, Co-op 11.1%

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: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Base Building 14%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Crafting 11.4%

A chaotic Roguelite Twin-Stick Shooter with a Base Defense Twist. With up to 4 players, explore, become stronger to defend your spaceship and leave this Frk*n planet!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Online Co-Op 20.2%, Local Co-Op 13.7%, Co-op 10.3%

Unleash chaos in an electrifying 1-4 player co-op where survival and action-roguelite collide! Battle through relentless enemy hordes with a powerful mix of melee and ranged combat, navigating varied and dynamic environments.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 36.2%, Local Co-Op 20.6%, Roguelike 19.1%, Co-op 16.5%, Action 7.6%

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Procedural Generation 9%

Dungeon Survivors is a top-down fantasy roguelite where you can use your class abilities to fight off a horde of fantasy monsters. Choose from a variety of abilities and items to create unique builds and survive with 1-4 players.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30%, Online Co-Op 29.3%, Roguelike 11.1%, Co-op 10.8%, Survival 9.3%

Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.7% ★, Survival 15.3%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 4.3%

Survive, shoot, construct, and ride killer elemental robots. Craft equipment, explore multi-floor buildings, build and farm, uncover schematics, and progress through technology tiers. Alone or with friends in this brutal post apocalyptic open world survival robot riding crafting shooter game!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 9.9%

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 14.9%, Open World 10.2%, Top-Down 9.9%

Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.1%

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Base Building 22.4%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Open World 11.1%, Roguelike 9.5%

Alone or up to 6 players, deliver pizzas to the survivors of a city where an oppressive mist has turned almost everyone into monstrous creatures.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.2%, Action Roguelike 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Co-op 11.2%

Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Online Co-Op 16.7%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9.9%

Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.

Why similar: Base Building 21.3%, Online Co-Op 16%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%

Don't Bite Me Bro! is a 1-4 Player Couch Co-op open-world zombie apocalypse game. Explore the world for resources, find and save survivors throughout the world, each which become playable characters with unique traits and abilities.

Why similar: Survival 40.3%, Action 18.9%, Co-op 16.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 9.3%

DuneCrawl is an open world action-adventure game, where you take to the sandy seas atop a gigantic crustacean festooned with black powder cannons. Play as a solo Crab Keeper, or with a crew of up to three other friends in local and online coop.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 31.7%, Open World 20.6%, Local Co-Op 20%, Co-op 13.9%, Top-Down 9.1%

Survive a Wild West where dinosaurs never went extinct. Fight off predators, outlaws, and the elements as you journey across deadly biomes to rescue your kidnapped sister. Hunt or be hunted in this ruthless survival roguelike.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Action Roguelike 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Survival 9.9%

Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.

Why similar: Base Building 25%, Crafting 18.8%, Survival 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Open World 13%