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Games Like Crafting Dead

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival, Post-apocalyptic, Open World, Action.

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Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!

Reviews: Mixed — 57% — of 158 reviews
Released: 2017-08-18
Developer: Ferullo Gaming
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

Overview

Crafting Dead captures a unique niche by blending voxel-based aesthetics with intense multiplayer zombie survival and deep crafting mechanics. These recommendations prioritize games that emphasize open-world exploration, base building, and the constant threat of the undead, ranging from low-poly indie titles to more complex survival simulations.

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    Why similar: Looter Shooter 18.7%, Zombies 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive voxel-based zombie survival game that mirrors the multiplayer, crafting, and blocky aesthetic of the seed game perfectly.

  2. #2 DeadPoly
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    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 17.2%, Looter Shooter 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 11%, Base Building 11%

    Why You'll Like It: A low-poly multiplayer survival game that focuses on looting, crafting, and defending against zombie hordes in an open world.

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Voxel 20.9%, Zombies 17.8%, Survival 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Base Building 11.2%

    Why You'll Like It: This title offers the most robust voxel-based building and destruction mechanics in a zombie survival setting.

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    Windows
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    All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!

    Why similar: Voxel 29.2%, Zombies 20%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 8.7%

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    Why similar: Zombies 29.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival 18%, Open World 14.8%, Base Building 9.4%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    76% matchMixed49% of 4,678 reviews2025
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    76% matchMixed59% of 145 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    75% matchMixed62% of 164 reviews2024
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    Windows · Linux

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    77% matchMixed51% of 328 reviews2020
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    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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    74% matchMixed50% of 266 reviews2024
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    73% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
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    73% matchMixed63% of 134 reviews2024
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    73% matchVery Positive88% of 123 reviews2022
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    70% matchVery Positive89% of 194 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
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    71% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
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    67% matchMixed66% of 6,335 reviews2025
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    69% matchMixed66% of 7,888 reviews2021
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    Why similar: Base Building 16.2%, Looter Shooter 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.3%

  50. #50 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
    71% matchMixed50% of 163 reviews2018
    Dev: Mehan Games
    Windows

    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 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 10.4%, Base Building 9.8%

  51. #51 Into The Haze
    70% matchMixed57% of 130 reviews2021
    Dev: MSOFT
    Windows

    Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.

    Why similar: Zombies 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Survival 13.5%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Base Building 13.1%

  52. #52 The Infected
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
    Dev: DigX Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 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: Base Building 16.5%, Zombies 15.1%, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 13.5%, Open World 12.5%

  53. #53 Lifeless
    71% matchMostly Negative38% of 552 reviews2016
    Dev: Desync Donkeys
    Windows

    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 43.7%, Survival 23.2%, Open World 9.9%, Action 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%

  54. #54 Will To Live Online
    68% matchMixed69% of 18,150 reviews2018
    Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.

    Why similar: Survival 27.7%, Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Open World 17.3%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Crafting 7.4%

  55. #55 Taora : Beginning
    65% matchVery Positive87% of 2,228 reviews2023
    Dev: Tulpar Games
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!

    Why similar: Looter Shooter 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Zombies 14.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Open World 9.2%

  56. #56 Mist Survival
    66% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 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: Zombies 26.3%, Survival 23.3%, Open World 14.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 9.7%

  57. #57 The Midnight Walkers
    64% matchMixed56% of 1,432 reviews2026
    Dev: Oneway Ticket Studio
    Windows

    Fight, scavenge, and extract in The Midnight Walkers, a hardcore FPS game with deadly zombies, dangerous players, and valuable loot. Craft weapons, armor, and consumables; trade items; and maintain your hideout. Escape Liberty Grand Center mega complex, and thrive...or die and lose everything.

    Why similar: Zombies 31.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, PvP 15.8%, Multiplayer 13.6%, First-Person 8.5%

  58. #58 Shadows of Kurgansk
    68% matchMixed66% of 222 reviews2016
    Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    “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 27.8%, Survival 23.1%, Crafting 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Open World 6.6%

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