- #1 Death Road to Canada
97% matchVery Positive93% of 10,331 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 32.3%, Local Co-Op 18.4%, Survival 15.3%, 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.
- #2 10 Miles To Safety
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,000 reviews2020
Dev: Trickjump Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 21.8%, Action Roguelike 21.2%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Survival 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.
- #3 DYSMANTLE
96% matchVery Positive91% of 11,503 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: Base Building 25.3%, Open World 19.6%, Crafting 19%, Survival 18.6%, 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.
- #4 How to Survive 2
95% matchMixed69% of 11,008 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.9% ★, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 11%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 9.1%
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.
- #5 Project Zomboid
94% matchVery Positive94% of 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 38.3% ★, Survival 19.2%, Open World 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Crafting 8.1%
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.
- #6 Necesse
93% matchVery Positive93% of 27,498 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 42.9% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that features extensive base-building, procedural exploration, and cooperative combat.
- #7 Don't Starve Together
94% matchVery Positive95% of 537,789 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 65.3% ★, Survival 19.7%, Online Co-Op 3.5%, 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.
- #8 The Survivalists
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,061 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 24.7% ★, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on crafting, survival, and exploration in a procedural world, offering a similar co-op experience to the seed.
- #9 Nearly Dead - Live and Let Die
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 223 reviews2023
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
2D top-down multi co-op action game. Survive the zombies together with a stranger.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.3%, Action Roguelike 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, 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.
- #10 Zombie Builder Defense
91% matchMixed67% of 511 reviews2018
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, 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.
- #11 Streets of Rogue
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,924 reviews2019
Dev: Matt DabrowskiPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Roguelike 13.1%, Local Co-Op 10.6%, 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.
- #12 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
89% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 29.7% ★, Base Building 15%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9%
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.
- #13 Tinkerlands
88% matchVery Positive86% of 3,973 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 37.3% ★, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and base-building with co-op support.
- #14 Deadburg
89% matchVery Positive88% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Reanimated Games
Windows
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 36.6%, Survival 21.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features base-building and zombie defense in a top-down perspective.
- #15 Apocalypse Party
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,419 reviews2023
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 23.5%, Action Roguelike 21.7%, Online Co-Op 21.6%, Roguelike 10.1%, Co-op 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-roguelike that captures the frantic, horde-clearing combat style of the seed game.
- #16 Scrapnaut
87% matchMixed70% of 833 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 24.8% ★, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Base Building 11.9%, 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.
- #17 Muck
84% matchVery Positive93% of 183,785 reviews2021
Dev: Dani
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
Why similar: Survival 19.9%, Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 17%, Open World 13.3%, Action Roguelike 12%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist survival roguelike that features co-op, base-building, and wave-based combat.
- #18 Wrongworld
86% matchVery Positive94% of 550 reviews2018
Dev: Sludj Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 51.9% ★, Survival 11.4%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 8.8%, Adventure 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes exploration and crafting in a dangerous, procedurally generated environment.
- #19 Zombie Builder Defense 2
84% matchVery Positive85% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
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 30.6%, Base Building 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Top-Down 10.2%, Action 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that refines the top-down shooter and base-building mechanics of the original.
- #20 Deathless: Survivors
83% matchMixed59% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: OneTwoPlay
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 24.4%, Action Roguelike 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Roguelike 12.3%, 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.
- #21 Ruins To Fortress
82% 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes the transition from scavenging in ruins to building a secure fortress.
- #22 Deadly Days
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,897 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 41.6%, Survival 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Action 9.9%, 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.
- #23 Freaky Awesome
82% matchMixed56% of 261 reviews2017
Dev: Mandragora
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 27.3%, Action Roguelike 20.9%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Local Co-Op 11.5%, Co-op 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelike with co-op support that shares the chaotic, combat-heavy feel of the seed.
- #24 MISERY
77% matchVery Positive84% of 24,347 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 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 21% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Action Roguelike 8.6%
- #25 Survival Machine
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 777 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Base Building 27.5%, Online Co-Op 25.1%, Crafting 18.5%, Survival 13.7%, Combat 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival game that focuses on building and maintaining a mobile base while exploring a dangerous world.
- #26 Survivor Squad
81% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 27.2%, Crafting 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Action 11.5%, Top-Down 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical survival game where you manage a group of survivors through procedurally generated zombie-infested areas.
- #27 Romestead
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,222 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #28 Plains of Pain
78% matchVery Positive83% of 869 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive in a post-apocalyptic open-world sandbox alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by heat and chaos. Build a base, develop skills, craft tools and weapons, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, earn faction reputation, or take part in faction wars.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on base-building and surviving in a post-apocalyptic environment.
- #29 Volcanoids
79% matchVery Positive83% of 9,298 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Base Building 23.9%, Online Co-Op 17.7%, Crafting 16%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 12.4%
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.
- #30 Sheltered
79% matchVery Positive82% of 6,259 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 33.9%, Survival 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, 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.
- #31 VERSUS SQUAD
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 583 reviews2016
Dev: DiezelPower
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 24.1%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, 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.
- #32 GUNTOUCHABLES
75% matchVery Positive85% of 4,109 reviews2025
Dev: Game SwingPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 25.2%, Online Co-Op 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Survival 12.5%, Co-op 11.4%
- #33 Voidtrain
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,612 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 37.9% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Crafting 8.7%, Survival 8.5%
- #34 Lodventure
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Sky Games
Windows
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 33% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 8.9%
- #35 Super Raft Boat Together
76% matchVery Positive82% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Journal GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Survival 8.3%
- #36 Cannibal Cuisine
75% matchVery Positive83% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: Rocket Vulture
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 35.2%, Local Co-Op 22.5%, Co-op 18%, Action 8%, Funny 6.9%
- #37 DYSPLACED
71% matchVery Positive89% of 324 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Grenades are holy relics. Shotguns are spellcraft. In this top-down survival action-RPG, discover a fantasy realm invaded by modern world and destroy nearly everything. Scavenge artifacts, forge weapons, build outposts, brew potions, and hunt the corruption devouring the land. Play solo or co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 30.3%, Open World 21.6%, Crafting 20.2%, Survival 17%, Top-Down 10.9%
- #38 Pigeons Attack
74% matchVery Positive92% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: Nixtor Game Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Pigeons Attack is a top-down shooter whose goal is to survive the pigeons hordes for as long as possible. Use upgrades and weapons placed around the level. Unlock new characters, maps and magic runes. Help fight this invasion, alone or with your friends!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Online Co-Op 12%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Local Co-Op 10.5%
- #39 Zombie Survival Game Online
73% matchMixed70% of 313 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
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 30.3% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Online Co-Op 14%, Crafting 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
- #40 Core Keeper
69% matchVery Positive93% of 65,308 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 23.2% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 9.2%
- #41 Broventure: The Wild Co-op
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Alice Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 19.8%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Roguelike 12%, Co-op 11.1%
- #42 Far Lands
73% matchMixed65% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
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 31.4% ★, Base Building 20%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.6%
- #43 Dungeon Survivors
72% matchMixed66% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: TopVR
Windows
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 29.2%, Roguelike 11%, Co-op 10.8%, Survival 9.5%
- #44 Royal Revolt Survivors
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 225 reviews2026
Dev: Team WarriorsPub: Headup
Windows · Linux
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 35.9%, Local Co-Op 21%, Roguelike 18.8%, Co-op 16.6%, Action 7.8%
- #45 Taora : Survival
72% matchMixed60% of 416 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Base Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Crafting 11.3%
- #46 Nomad
73% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 50.2% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 4.2%
- #47 Zombieville USA 3D
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,281 reviews2025
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 38.5%, Action Roguelike 31.1%, Co-op 14.4%, Funny 9%, Action 6.9%
- #48 Wizard with a Gun
69% matchVery Positive80% of 3,910 reviews2023
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 41.3%, Crafting 21.1%, Roguelike 20.7%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 7.8%
- #49 Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS)
71% matchMixed47% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
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 34.2% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 9.9%
- #50 Crashlands
70% matchVery Positive89% of 6,716 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 35.8% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10%
- #51 DuneCrawl
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 626 reviews2026
Dev: Alientrap
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 31.4%, Open World 20.9%, Local Co-Op 20.2%, Co-op 13.8%, Top-Down 9%
- #52 PONE
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 295 reviews2025
Dev: Graggl
Windows
A co-op survival horror game where you and your closest friends must work together to survive in an upside down world crawling with the infected.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 46.2%, Action 15.4%, Co-op 14.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Funny 8.4%
- #53 SWAPMEAT
64% matchVery Positive88% of 320 reviews2026
Dev: One More Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Rip through hostile alien worlds, harvest mutant body parts mid-combat, and adapt faster than your enemies. Every alien you harvest gives you new body parts with unique powers, like triple-jump legs, turret-dropping torsos, grenade-launching turkey heads. Steal, swap, survive.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.3%, Online Co-Op 27.2%, Open World 17.7%, Co-op 13.1%, Funny 9.4%
- #54 Don't Bite Me Bro! +
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 356 reviews2018
Dev: MUIFWEGO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 19.2%, Co-op 16.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 9.2%
- #55 Colt Canyon
67% matchVery Positive88% of 2,094 reviews2020
Dev: RetrificPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Local Co-Op 11.9%, Roguelike 11.8%
- #56 Pizza Deathlivery
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: Kusa Games
Windows
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 24.9%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Co-op 11.2%
- #57 Dead District: Survival
68% matchMixed47% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Base Building 24.9%, Crafting 18.7%, Survival 18%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Open World 13.1%
- #58 Infected Shelter
67% matchVery Positive85% of 534 reviews2019
Dev: Dark Blue Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Infected Shelter is an ultra-violent rogue-lite post-apocalyptic beat'em up. Singleplayer and co-op for up to four players.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.5%, Local Co-Op 14.8%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Co-op 8.4%, Action 7.9%