- #1 7 Days to Die
97% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 34.4% ★, Zombies 16.5%, Survival 15.7%, Sandbox 7.2%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive voxel-based zombie survival game, featuring deep base-building, crafting, and intense horde mechanics.
- #2 Unturned
96% matchVery Positive91% of 564,532 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.
Why similar: Zombies 19%, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the blocky aesthetic and multiplayer zombie survival focus that made CastleMiner Z popular.
- #3 Project Zomboid
96% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 31.6% ★, Zombies 19%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 7.5%, Sandbox 7%
Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it offers the most comprehensive zombie survival and base-building mechanics available on Steam.
- #4 Night of the Dead
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 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 34.7% ★, Zombies 14.9%, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 7.9%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the defensive aspect of zombie survival, requiring players to build elaborate traps and structures.
- #5 The Forest
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 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 52.8% ★, Survival 16.1%, Open World 7.7%, Crafting 6.1%, Sandbox 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being stranded in a hostile world where you must build defenses against terrifying monsters.
- #6 Total Miner
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 767 reviews2017
Dev: Brandon Moore
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 37.1 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 48.5% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is arguably the closest experience to CastleMiner Z in terms of voxel-based mining, crafting, and exploration.
- #7 Sons Of The Forest
92% matchVery Positive88% of 317,804 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 25.4%, Open World 14.3%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Co-op 12%, Crafting 10%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel to The Forest offers improved building mechanics and more advanced AI enemies to fight off.
- #8 Creativerse
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,868 reviews2017
Dev: Playful Corp.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 8.3%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel sandbox game that focuses on creative building and exploration in a colorful, stylized world.
- #9 ARK: Survival Evolved
91% matchVery Positive83% of 776,082 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.1% ★, Survival 14.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Open World 7.3%, Crafting 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines open-world survival and crafting with the thrill of fighting and taming powerful monsters.
- #10 Valheim
91% matchVery Positive94% of 540,690 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 78.0 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 44.6% ★, Survival 13.2%, Open World 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features excellent building and survival mechanics set in a procedurally generated world filled with dangerous creatures.
- #11 Terraria
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,548,448 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 151.8 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 47% ★, Sandbox 12%, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Though 2D, it is the gold standard for voxel-style crafting, exploration, and boss combat.
- #12 Rust
89% matchVery Positive87% of 1,393,461 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.7 hrsMean: 429.0 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 31.4% ★, Survival 20.6%, Crafting 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore multiplayer survival game where base building and defending against other players are central to the experience.
- #13 Block Story™
89% matchVery Positive84% of 2,113 reviews2015
Dev: Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 38% ★, Dragons 10.8% ★, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 9.7%, Crafting 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends voxel-based building with RPG elements and monster slaying, mirroring the progression of CastleMiner Z.
- #14 Don't Starve
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,372 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 44.5% ★, Survival 23.7%, Sandbox 8.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Multiplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the desperate need to craft and build to survive the night in a hostile, unforgiving environment.
- #15 Miscreated
87% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 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 45.1% ★, Survival 13.9%, Zombies 12.8%, Open World 7.1%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on exploration and defending against mutants and other players.
- #16 Starbound
86% matchVery Positive90% of 123,281 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.6% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 6.2%, Open World 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a voxel-adjacent experience focused on space exploration, crafting, and survival on alien worlds.
- #17 Necesse
84% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 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 50.4% ★, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Open World 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, voxel-style sandbox game that features extensive base building and multiplayer survival.
- #18 Rising World
86% matchVery Positive86% of 5,974 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 47.6% ★, Survival 13%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based game that offers a more realistic approach to building and exploration without the grid limitations.
- #19 Subsistence
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 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 49.8% ★, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 8%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Open World 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base building and defending against AI hunters in a persistent world.
- #20 HumanitZ
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 16.9%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 7.6%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down zombie survival game that emphasizes scavenging, crafting, and base building.
- #21 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,392 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 8.9%, Co-op 8.4%, Open World 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows for voxel-based building of ships and bases in a vast, dangerous galaxy.
- #22 GRAV
84% 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 48.3% ★, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 8.6%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game where players build bases and fight off alien threats in a sci-fi setting.
- #23 Walking Zombie 2
81% matchVery Positive87% of 13,297 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 7.6%, Multiplayer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person zombie shooter that incorporates survival and crafting elements in an open-world setting.
- #24 Savage Lands
82% matchMixed54% of 6,690 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 42.7% ★, Survival 12.1%, Dragons 8.3% ★, Open World 6.4%, Sandbox 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a dark fantasy world where building and combat are essential for staying alive.
- #25 Hurtworld
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 64.1 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 37.7% ★, Survival 17.3%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Crafting 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that focuses on progression, crafting, and vehicle building.
- #26 Radiation Island
81% matchVery Positive81% of 638 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 48.5% ★, Survival 16.4%, Zombies 14.3%, Open World 5.2%, Crafting 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a survival-focused experience with exploration and crafting in a mysterious, monster-filled environment.
- #27 Eco
79% matchVery Positive81% of 14,049 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 90.6 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 46.2% ★, Survival 13%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game where building and resource management are key to preventing environmental collapse.
- #28 NightZ
79% matchMostly Negative34% of 131 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 27.7% ★, Zombies 15%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 7.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused zombie survival game that emphasizes crafting and building defenses against other players.
- #29 Survive the Nights
74% matchMixed66% of 6,719 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 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 30% ★, Zombies 16.4%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #30 Nomad
78% 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 42.4% ★, Zombies 14.3%, Survival 13.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Open World 6.5%
- #31 Cubic Castles
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,277 reviews2014
Dev: Raptisoft
Windows
Median: 48 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 50.7% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Open World 8.5%, Crafting 7.3%
- #32 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
77% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 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 49.1% ★, Survival 14.9%, Open World 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Zombies 6.1%
- #33 Reign Of Kings
76% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 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 45.8% ★, Survival 14%, Open World 8.5%, Crafting 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #34 Infestation: The New Z
76% matchMixed54% of 33,897 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.7 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 34.5%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 11.5%, Multiplayer 11.5%, FPS 5%
- #35 Deadside
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,499 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: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Open World 7.3%
- #36 DeadPoly
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 36.1% ★, Zombies 16.2%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 8.2%, Crafting 7.3%
- #37 PixARK
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,223 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
Why similar: Survival 27%, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 14.7%, Multiplayer 13%, Crafting 8.9%
- #38 SurrounDead
70% matchVery Positive91% of 26,489 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.7 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 28.8%, Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Survival 19.8%, Open World 12.1%, Co-op 3.9%
- #39 Deepworld
74% matchMixed61% of 738 reviews2015
Dev: Bytebin
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 31.4%, Survival 29.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #40 INCUR Survival
71% matchVery Positive83% of 109 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 43.1% ★, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 8.3%, Open World 7.4%
- #41 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 17.5%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Open World 12.8%, Zombies 6.3%
- #42 Infestation: The New Beginning
73% matchMixed42% of 25,431 reviews
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
Why similar: Zombies 43.4%, Survival 23%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 7%, PvP 3.7%
- #43 Zombie Survival Game Online
69% matchMixed69% of 316 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 36.1% ★, Zombies 16.4%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #44 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 30.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Multiplayer 12.1%, FPS 10.7%, Co-op 9.4%
- #45 Call of Duty: World at War
70% matchVery Positive92% of 53,191 reviews2008
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 49.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.
Why similar: Zombies 39.4%, Multiplayer 12%, FPS 10.7%, Co-op 9.5%, Survival 7.5%
- #46 Core Keeper
66% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 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 34.4% ★, Survival 13%, Sandbox 10%, Open World 8.6%, Crafting 8.5%
- #47 DREADZONE
68% matchMixed51% of 1,210 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 21.9%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Crafting 12.3%
- #48 Far Lands
69% 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 42.5% ★, Survival 16.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 8.9%, Survival Horror 4.3%
- #49 No One Survived
66% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 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 22.7%, Survival 21.9%, Open World 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Crafting 9.3%
- #50 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
67% matchVery Positive88% of 10,634 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 35.1% ★, Zombies 16%, Survival 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Co-op 6.2%
- #51 Mist Survival
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 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 39.8% ★, Zombies 17.6%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 4.9%
- #52 No More Room in Hell
68% matchVery Positive90% of 76,465 reviews2013
Dev: No More Room in Hell TeamPub: Lever Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
Why similar: Zombies 35.6%, Survival 16.7%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Co-op 7.7%, FPS 5.1%
- #53 MISERY
64% matchVery Positive84% of 25,586 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.8 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 35.3% ★, Survival 14.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Open World 7.9%, Crafting 7.7%
- #54 Urge
67% matchVery Positive90% of 520 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 44.3% ★, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 7.4%
- #55 Zombie Craft
68% matchMostly Negative34% of 56 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 44.3%, Crafting 23%, Survival Horror 14.5%, First-Person 5.4%, Horror 5.2%
