Games Like DARKEST DAYS

Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.

Why similar: Open World 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Survival 14.6%, Zombies 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a very similar blend of post-apocalyptic exploration, zombie combat, and community-driven base building in a persistent world.

Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Open World 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Survival 13.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Multiplayer 11%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, free-to-play open-world survival game that mirrors the RPG progression and base-building focus found in DARKEST DAYS.

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 18.8%, Open World 12%, Survival 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Base Building 9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the gritty, survival-focused nature of a zombie apocalypse with deep crafting and base-building mechanics.

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 24.1%, Open World 17%, Survival 16.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the RPG-like management of a survivor community and base development in a zombie-infested open 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 22.3%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes the importance of crafting, base fortification, and resource management in a hostile post-apocalyptic setting.

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 22.3%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 14%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Base Building 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive zombie survival crafting game that shares the core loop of scavenging, building, and defending against hordes.

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 18.9%, Survival 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the most authentic hardcore open-world survival experience with a heavy emphasis on scavenging and player interaction.

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 28.9%, Open World 17.7%, Survival 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Base Building 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A singleplayer-focused zombie survival game that emphasizes exploration and looting in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic environment.

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: Survival 16%, Open World 14.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival-shooter aspect of the post-apocalyptic genre with a large open world and tactical combat.

'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: Zombies 21.8%, Open World 13.9%, Survival 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with tower-defense elements, perfect for players who enjoy fortifying their sanctuary against zombie waves.

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 28.4%, Survival 20.8%, Open World 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the deepest simulation of zombie survival, focusing on realistic mechanics and long-term base management.

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 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Open World 14.5%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play open-world zombie survival game that features accessible base building and multiplayer combat.

Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.

Why similar: Zombies 25.1%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Survival 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Horror 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play horror-focused zombie survival game that emphasizes scavenging and character progression.

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Zombies 20.5%, Open World 17.3%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 8.5%, Realistic 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features highly complex survival mechanics and a massive open world that rewards careful planning and resource management.

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: Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Open World 19.2%, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Shooter 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic MMORPG that features survival mechanics and shooter gameplay in a harsh, irradiated world.

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 20%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 12%, Base Building 9.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that captures the core loop of scavenging and base building in a post-apocalyptic world.

Join the "Firefly" task force and unveil the sinister plot behind the exclusion zone in the world of Lost Light. You could either scavenge for supplies or go out with guns blazing and plunder. Survive the brutal domain where danger lurks in every corner!

Why similar: Survival 24.5%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Shooter 18.4%, Open World 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An extraction-based shooter that incorporates survival and looting mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Zombies 26.3%, Open World 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Survival 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the visceral action and parkour elements of surviving a zombie outbreak in an open world.

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: Zombies 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 14.8%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Shooter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that emphasizes base defense and scavenging during the night cycle.

Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.6%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Shooter 13.1%, Third-Person Shooter 11.7%, Base Building 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A looter-shooter that focuses on surviving and building up a shelter in a post-apocalyptic Norway.

Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19%, Open World 17%, Survival 14.5%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Shooter 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play shooter with strong RPG elements set in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic open world.

Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 13%, Multiplayer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person zombie shooter that incorporates RPG quests and open-world exploration.

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Open World 19.8%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Survival 12.2%, Base Building 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive post-apocalyptic RPG experience with survival elements and base building in a persistent online world.

Left to Survive is an action shooter game with the post-apocalyptic world setting with a base building feature. Become a hero, challenge other players, join tournaments, raid bases. Would you be able to survive in a dead world?

Why similar: Zombies 28%, Survival 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Third-Person Shooter 10%, Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the action-oriented side of zombie survival with base-building elements.

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 24.1%, Open World 23.4%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intense survival and base-building mechanics in a hostile, horror-filled open world.

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: Zombies 23.1%, Survival 21.1%, Open World 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes exploration and player-versus-player combat.

Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Survival 14.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Open World 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on looting and combat in a world overrun by robots and zombies.

Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.

Why similar: Zombies 14.1%, Survival 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Open World 10%

Why You'll Like It: A survival shooter that emphasizes scavenging and combat in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

Anomaly Zone is an open world MMORPG and a post-apocalyptic shooter. Be a scientist, a soldier, a hunter or an engineer. Explore anomalous territories, search for artifacts, fight mutants and other players. Participate in mass PvP and PvE battles. The Zone is waiting!

Why similar: Zombies 20.9%, Survival 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Open World 12.5%, RPG 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play post-apocalyptic RPG that features survival mechanics and massive multiplayer interaction.

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Why similar: Survival 23.2%, Open World 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Crafting 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe that emphasizes crafting and player interaction.

Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.

Why similar: Zombies 32.8%, Survival 21.4%, Open World 13.5%, Multiplayer 12%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%

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 22%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 11.3%

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: Zombies 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Open World 13%, Base Building 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%

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 41.3%, Survival 18.3%, Open World 13.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Post-apocalyptic 5%

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 35.5%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 17.3%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Shooter 4.9%

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 32.7%, Survival 17.2%, Open World 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Base Building 6.1%

Codename CURE II is a co-operative first person shooter set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Create an elite military squad with up to five players and fight your way through hordes of zombies in a variety of dynamic objective missions.

Why similar: Zombies 39.9%, Post-apocalyptic 30%, Shooter 11.4%, Online Co-Op 7.3%, Realistic 6.1%

Jump into this free‑to‑play looter‑shooter RPG featuring tactical combat, deep progression, and an exclusive canon storyline, playable solo or with friends.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Survival 13.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Third-Person Shooter 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.

Why similar: Zombies 29.7%, Survival 17%, Open World 16.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%

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 18%, Open World 15.4%, Survival 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Base Building 11.7%

In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.

Why similar: Zombies 26.1%, Open World 17.1%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 9.7%, RPG 5.7%

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 40.6%, Survival 20.1%, Open World 11%, Gore 9%, Violent 7.7%

Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.

Why similar: Zombies 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 14.2%, Base Building 12.7%

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Why similar: Zombies 24.5%, Open World 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Survival 12.7%, Multiplayer 7.9%

On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18%, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 10.1%, Shooter 9.1%

STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Open World 22.6%, Survival 14.8%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.9%

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 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.6%

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

Why similar: Zombies 18.9%, Open World 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Survival 11.5%, Base Building 9.2%

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: Zombies 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 10.9%, Base Building 9.6%

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: Zombies 17.2%, Survival 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Open World 13%, Base Building 10.6%

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: Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Base Building 10.4%

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 37.5%, Survival 14.7%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Horror 7.3%