Games Like Cepheus Protocol

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, RTS 17.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-world map data with RTS city-building and squad-based defense against zombie hordes.

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: Zombies 28.8%, Survival 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive deep-simulation zombie survival game that emphasizes base management and long-term strategic planning.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: RTS 25.8%, Zombies 24%, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes RTS that focuses on building and defending a colony against massive, overwhelming swarms of infected.

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: RTS 20.4%, Zombies 17.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that leans heavily into RTS mechanics and tactical zombie survival in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 29.8%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Base Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the military-style management of a survivor community, base building, and tactical open-world exploration.

This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.

Why similar: Zombies 34.2%, Sandbox 18.5%, Survival 17.5%, Open World 12.2%, Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that incorporates RTS elements, allowing you to command survivors and fortify areas against the undead.

Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

Why similar: Zombies 25.1%, Gore 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Strategy 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical squad-based RTS that captures the intense military-versus-infection atmosphere of Cepheus Protocol.

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.6%, Survival 20.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder that emphasizes resource management and survival against environmental and biological threats.

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 35.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 15.5%, Base Building 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A singleplayer-focused open-world survival game that captures the isolation and scavenging loop of the genre.

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: Zombies 22%, Survival 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 11%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for open-world base building and fortification against periodic, massive zombie assaults.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Survival 22.6%, Sandbox 21.8%, Building 14.7%, Base Building 14.2%, Open World 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep colony management and base defense mechanics that require strategic planning to survive against hostile threats.

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: Zombies 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Survival 16.1%, Sandbox 14.8%, Open World 12%

Why You'll Like It: Features a classic top-down perspective with a strong focus on base-building and survival in a zombie-infested open world.

Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

Why similar: Zombies 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Sandbox 14%, Survival 13.8%, Building 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused game about reclaiming a city from zombies through tactical management and base expansion.

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Zombies 27.2%, Survival 16.8%, Sandbox 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Open World 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that emphasizes the tactical survival and resource management aspects of a zombie outbreak.

A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.

Why similar: Zombies 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Sandbox 15.3%, Survival 14.2%, Building 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes realistic mechanics and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Why similar: RTS 36.6%, Building 19%, Survival 16.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that pits your base against massive, procedurally generated waves of enemies, mirroring the defensive intensity of quarantine management.

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, RTS 15%, Survival 12.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Base Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy and simulation game centered on building a fortified shelter and managing resources in a post-apocalyptic world.

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 24.2%, Survival 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Open World 13.4%, Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game with a heavy focus on crafting, base building, and defending against zombie threats.

It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.

Why similar: Zombies 23.9%, Survival 16.8%, RTS 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Sandbox 10%

Why You'll Like It: Blends RPG elements with base-building and survival, requiring you to manage a community of survivors.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 35.5%, RTS 22.2%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Military 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS focused on massive-scale base defense against thousands of enemies, perfect for fans of the horde-management aspect of Cepheus.

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, Zombies 17.1%, Survival 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Building 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on investigation and exploration in a mysterious, zombie-filled setting.

After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, Survival 14%, Open World 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An ambitious open-world survival game that focuses on realistic simulation and base fortification.

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

Why similar: Zombies 25%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Survival 17.2%, Open World 13.9%, Sandbox 12%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base-building and scavenging in a large, open-world zombie apocalypse.

DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Why similar: Zombies 28.3%, Survival 27.9%, Open World 21.2%, Gore 14.2%, Sandbox 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world horror survival game that emphasizes exploration and scavenging in a dangerous, infected environment.

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

Why similar: Zombies 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Sandbox 14.5%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game set in a post-apocalyptic landscape with a focus on scavenging and combat.

You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.

Why similar: Zombies 28.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 10.6%, Gore 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy survival game that requires careful management of resources and base security.

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Zombies 23.1%, Survival 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Sandbox 16%, Open World 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential open-world survival experience that focuses on player interaction and resource scarcity.

Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!

Why similar: Zombies 37.3%, Post-apocalyptic 28.9%, Open World 16.9%, Survival 9.9%, Simulation 4.2%

Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world

Why similar: Zombies 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Survival 13.5%, Building 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival game that emphasizes crafting and building a secure base in a hostile world.

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

Why similar: Zombies 36.2%, Survival 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Open World 13.6%, Sandbox 8.1%

Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

Why similar: RTS 27.4%, Sandbox 14.7%, Gore 13.1%, Military 12.1%, Strategy 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A military-themed RTS that focuses on tactical combat and mission-based objectives.

Immerse yourself in the post-apocalyptic co-op world of Lifeless, where base building and crafting are key. Collect weapons, gear, and food as you embark on thrilling missions to level up in a vast open world. But stay alert—relentless zombies lurk around every corner!

Why similar: Zombies 42.1%, Gore 20.7%, Survival 20.6%, Open World 8.2%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that pits players against both zombies and other survivors.

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 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival 17.3%, Building 15.1%, Open World 14%

Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!

Why similar: Zombies 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Survival 13.3%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 10.7%

In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?

Why similar: Zombies 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Gore 12.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival 12%

Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead

Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, RTS 15.5%, Survival 9.6%, Indie 9.3%, Sandbox 7.5%

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: Zombies 30.9%, Survival 25.2%, Open World 15%, Sandbox 10.5%, Base Building 6.9%

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Why similar: Survival 18.4%, Building 16.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Zombies 14.9%, Base Building 9.8%

Human Host is an open-world zombie survival crafting game. In this endless procedurally generated world, terrain, buildings, trees, rocks—everything is destructible! Build massive mobile bases, dig deep underground, construct trap-filled fortresses, scavenge supplies, and survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Zombies 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 14.7%, Survival 13.3%

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Sandbox 16%, Building 14.2%, Gore 12.9%, Survival 12.7%

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 12.3%, Building 11.6%

Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Zombies 16.8%, Sandbox 15.5%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 12.3%

Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive

Why similar: Zombies 32%, Survival 23.6%, Open World 14.3%, Gore 11.2%, Survival Horror 4.6%

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: RTS 33.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Open World 13.4%, Survival 12.9%, Base Building 9.5%

2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

Why similar: Zombies 19.6%, RTS 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Survival 13.1%, Building 9.8%

You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!

Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Sandbox 15.1%, Survival 14%, Open World 11.4%

LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.

Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Survival 18.3%, Sandbox 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Base Building 6.8%

From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

Why similar: RTS 26.7%, Zombies 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 10.7%

ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!

Why similar: Zombies 20%, Sandbox 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 11.6%, Building 11.2%

“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!

Why similar: Zombies 30.2%, Survival 23.1%, Sandbox 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Open World 6.2%

The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Sandbox 19.4%, Building 17.3%, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 10.6%

They are coming! Ravenous, insatiable, and absolutely unstoppable zombies, a Wunderwaffe that went horribly wrong. It’s up to you to usher in the age of the zombie, by munching on every brain in sight! Build up a horde, dodge enemy weapons, and gnaw a mark on human history!

Why similar: Zombies 31.9%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Gore 19.4%, Survival 11.2%, Strategy 6%

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Why similar: RTS 23.6%, Zombies 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Survival 12%, Real Time Tactics 6.9%

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Survival 20.1%, Sandbox 15.2%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.9%

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 44.8%, Survival 21.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Gore 7.6%, RTS 5.8%

Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.9%, Survival 24.6%, Open World 14.5%, Base Building 8.1%, Strategy 6.5%

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: Zombies 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Sandbox 15.5%, Survival 14.6%, Building 13.5%

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Sandbox 27.8%, Survival 26.1%, Open World 21%, Base Building 14.8%, Simulation 4.1%

(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.

Why similar: Zombies 30.4%, Building 18.5%, Survival 17%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Open World 10.5%