- #1 7 Days to Die
97% 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Zombies 16.4%, Survival 15.8%, Sandbox 7.3%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive voxel-based zombie survival game that perfectly mirrors the building and horde-defense mechanics of the seed game.
- #2 Unturned
96% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Zombies 18.8%, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a similar low-poly aesthetic and focuses heavily on scavenging, crafting, and surviving against zombie threats in an open world.
- #3 Total Miner
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 767 reviews2017
Dev: Brandon Moore
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Total Miner is an open world voxel sandbox game. It is primarily designed for creative RPG game builders, but also has two action/adventure style game modes where you can just jump in and play.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Survival 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox that closely replicates the mining, building, and survival loop found in CastleMiner Z.
- #4 Creativerse
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.7% ★, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 9.9%, Crafting 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A polished voxel sandbox that prioritizes creative building and exploration in a vibrant, procedurally generated world.
- #5 Project Zomboid
94% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 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 31.5% ★, Zombies 18.9%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 7.4%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: While isometric, it offers the most deep and punishing survival experience for players who want to manage resources and fortify against zombie hordes.
- #6 DeadPoly
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,910 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Zombies 16%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 8.4%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival shooter that focuses on crafting, base building, and defending against waves of zombies.
- #7 Night of the Dead
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,782 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Zombies 14.9%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 8%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the 'build by day, survive by night' loop, requiring players to construct elaborate traps and defenses against zombie waves.
- #8 Block Story™
93% matchVery Positive83% of 2,006 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Dragons 10.8% ★, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines voxel-based building with RPG elements and exploration, capturing the adventurous spirit of the seed game.
- #9 FortressCraft Evolved!
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,057 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.1% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes complex base building and tower defense mechanics within a vast, voxel-based world.
- #10 Rising World
91% matchVery Positive86% of 5,890 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.9% ★, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more realistic take on voxel-based survival with deep building mechanics and a focus on mining and exploration.
- #11 Don't Starve
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,640 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Survival 23.8%, Sandbox 8.8%, Crafting 8.7%, Multiplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: While 2D, it is a masterclass in survival, crafting, and managing resources in a hostile, procedurally generated world.
- #12 The Forest
89% 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 Survival Craft 52.6% ★, Survival 16.2%, Open World 7.7%, Crafting 6.2%, Sandbox 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival, base building, and fighting off terrifying mutant hordes in a dangerous, immersive environment.
- #13 Miscreated
89% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Survival 14%, Zombies 12.7%, Open World 7%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes scavenging and multiplayer interaction in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #14 Savage Lands
88% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.5% ★, Survival 12.1%, Dragons 8.3% ★, Sandbox 6.5%, Open World 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a harsh, monster-filled open world that requires crafting and building to stay alive.
- #15 Hurtworld
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 63.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 17.3%, Open World 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes vehicle building and combat in a challenging open-world environment.
- #16 Rust
85% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 421.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Survival 20.7%, Crafting 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Open World 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes base building and player-versus-player combat in a harsh open world.
- #17 Subsistence
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.4% ★, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Open World 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox that features base building and AI threats, requiring careful resource management and strategic planning.
- #18 Valheim
84% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features excellent building mechanics and exploration in a procedurally generated world filled with dangerous creatures.
- #19 GRAV
86% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48% ★, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 8.6%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that features base building and exploration in a dangerous, alien-filled world.
- #20 Reign Of Kings
84% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.5% ★, Survival 14%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval survival game that focuses on building, combat, and territorial control.
- #21 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
82% 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: Zombies 29.2%, Survival 24.3%, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Co-op 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a survivor community and base fortification in a zombie-infested open world.
- #22 Walking Zombie 2
82% matchVery Positive88% of 13,148 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Zombies 15.6%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 7.8%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person shooter with survival and crafting elements that focuses on clearing zombie-infested areas.
- #23 Infestation: The New Z
83% matchMixed54% of 33,897 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Why similar: Zombies 34.3%, Survival 20.3%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Open World 11.5%, FPS 5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world zombie survival game that emphasizes multiplayer combat and scavenging.
- #24 Scrap Mechanic
81% matchVery Positive92% of 117,481 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Sandbox 17.8%, Crafting 14.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Open World 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for creative engineering and base building, which is essential for surviving against waves of hostile robots.
- #25 Citadel: Forged with Fire
81% matchMixed68% of 5,884 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.4% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 8.6%, Dragons 6.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with magic, base building, and exploration in a fantasy setting.
- #26 Terraria
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.7% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: While 2D, it is the gold standard for voxel-based exploration, crafting, and boss-fighting survival.
- #27 Eco
79% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.1% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that focuses on building and community cooperation to survive environmental threats.
- #28 Radiation Island
80% 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: Open World Survival Craft 48.3% ★, Survival 16.5%, Zombies 14.1%, Open World 5.3%, Crafting 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and exploration game that tasks players with navigating a mysterious, monster-filled environment.
- #29 Necesse
75% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 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 49.7% ★, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 8.5%, Multiplayer 7%, Open World 6.7%
- #30 Codename CURE
78% matchVery Positive85% of 16,490 reviews2017
Dev: Raptor Byte
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Codename CURE is a first person, co-operative zombie game with support for up to five players, providing dynamic, fast-paced zombie fragging with both objective, and survival-based missions.
Why similar: Zombies 33.9%, Co-op 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%, FPS 9.1%, Shooter 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op zombie shooter that captures the frantic action and survival-horror feel of the seed game.
- #31 SCUM
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 124,053 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Zombies 13.5%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 7.8%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #32 SurrounDead
74% matchVery Positive92% of 24,802 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.9 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: Zombies 29.2%, Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Survival 19.9%, Open World 12%, Co-op 4.1%
- #33 Nomad
77% 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 42.1% ★, Zombies 14.2%, Survival 13.6%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Open World 6.5%
- #34 Cubic Castles
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,273 reviews2014
Dev: Raptisoft
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Your blocks, your castle, your world! Build anything you can dream up and explore with other players! Cubic Castles is a mini-MMO that combines the best of block-building and 3D platform action! Create fantastic parkour challenges, explore worlds made by other players, or even make friend!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.4% ★, Sandbox 11%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 7.4%
- #35 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
76% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.9% ★, Survival 15%, Open World 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Zombies 6.1%
- #36 Deadside
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,248 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.5 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: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 15.2%, Open World 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.6%, FPS 6.4%
- #37 HumanitZ
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,839 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Zombies 16.6%, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 7.8%, Open World 7.2%
- #38 Mist Survival
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,126 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Zombies 17.5%, Survival 17.5%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 5%
- #39 Survive the Nights
71% matchMixed66% of 6,549 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Zombies 16.2%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #40 INCUR Survival
70% matchVery Positive82% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 8.4%, Open World 7.4%
- #41 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
68% matchVery Positive88% of 9,878 reviews2023
Dev: Adrian Kaminski
Windows
Loot. Kill. Survive. Can you escape ? (probably not) Zumbi Blocks 2 is the official sequel to the 2013 free browser zombie game. Stuck on an island, cut off from the rest of humanity, you wake up. The secret to breaking free from this place lies asleep, underground. From the soil, zumbies emerge.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Zombies 15.9%, Survival 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Co-op 6.2%
- #42 Zombie Survival Game Online
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 308 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 36% ★, Zombies 16.3%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #43 Genesis Online
73% matchMostly Negative32% of 1,886 reviews2015
Dev: Shumkov Dmitriy
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Genesis Online! First Person Multiplayer Adventure game in an editable procedural cubic world.
Why similar: Survival 27%, Sandbox 17.7%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Open World 12.7%, Zombies 6.2%
- #44 MISERY
66% matchVery Positive83% of 23,009 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 35.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 7.9%, Open World 7.7%
- #45 No One Survived
67% matchMixed65% of 7,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Zombies 22.5%, Survival 21.8%, Open World 12%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Crafting 9.4%
- #46 The Infected
69% matchVery Positive84% of 6,935 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.7% ★, Survival 11.9%, Zombies 11.8%, Sandbox 8.9%, Crafting 8.4%
- #47 Deepworld
72% matchMixed61% of 738 reviews2015
Dev: Bytebin
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Deepworld is a massively-multiplayer 2D crafting adventure game. Mine and craft your way through a persistent online universe where there's always something new to discover. Battle frightening monsters, mysterious automatons, and other players in PvP!
Why similar: Sandbox 31.6%, Survival 29.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Adventure 7.5%
- #48 NightZ
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Asset Flip StudioPub: Asset Flip Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Events occur several months after the global epidemic. Infected turned into aggressive creatures. All survivors are infected with the virus. In order to survive you need to use different medicines. Also you need to avoid predators.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% ★, Zombies 14.9%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 7.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #49 Far Lands
69% matchMixed65% of 167 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 42.3% ★, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 8.9%, Survival Horror 4.3%
- #50 Murder Miners
70% matchVery Positive86% of 6,392 reviews2014
Dev: JForce Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The #1 rated Xbox Live Indie Game. Halo-inspired. Destructible/constructible environments. Vehicles. Zombie survival. Hookshots. Infection mode: Be the zombie & eat the dead to level up your zombie abilities. Community playdates are still hosted every week, join us!
Why similar: Zombies 30.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.2%, FPS 10.6%, Co-op 9.5%
- #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: Zombies 21.7%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Crafting 12.3%
- #52 Core Keeper
65% matchVery Positive93% of 64,481 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.1 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 34.3% ★, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 8.4%
- #53 Urge
67% matchVery Positive90% of 498 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.1% ★, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 8.2%, Open World 7.3%
- #54 Zombie Craft
68% matchMostly Negative33% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Crafty GamesPub: Zombie Craft
Windows · Mac
Try your hand at exciting survival and prove that you are not afraid of any challenges! Defeat all the evil dead and free the virtual world from danger. You need to confront these monsters by any means. Be the bravest!
Why similar: Zombies 44%, Crafting 23.2%, Survival Horror 14.6%, First-Person 5.4%, Horror 5.2%
- #55 Out of Reach
67% matchMixed57% of 3,046 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.9% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 7.8%, Crafting 7.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%
