Games Like Decision: Red Daze

From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.

Why similar: Zombies 35.7%, Survival 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Action RPG 8.4%, Top-Down 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game captures the same desperate scavenging and zombie-slaying loop found in the Decision series.

All the games in the classic Decision series bundled together. From the zombie-ravaged streets of the original Decision to the brutal medieval battlegrounds of Decision Medieval, this collection delivers the raw, blood-soaked combat, base building, and survival gameplay that hooked Flash game fans.

Why similar: Zombies 18.5%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Action RPG 8.4%, Old School 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This collection includes the earlier entries in the franchise, providing the core foundation of the gameplay mechanics found in Red Daze.

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 26.9%, Survival 15%, Tower Defense 14.7%, Base Building 12.7%, Open World 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strong open-world zombie survival game that focuses on exploration and building a base to withstand the undead threat.

Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.3%, Action RPG 19.6%, Base Building 18.4%, Survival 15.4%, RPG 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines top-down action with extensive base-building and tower-defense mechanics in a destructible environment.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 23.3%, Survival 18.5%, Open World 16.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Dystopian 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a satisfying top-down open-world survival experience where you must scavenge, build, and fight to survive the apocalypse.

Based on the inhospitable frontier world of Mars, against the backdrop of a bacterial outbreak, Deadstone offers a compelling blend of frantic combat and tower defense, backed by a highly nuanced character development system and strategic elements of resource management.

Why similar: Zombies 38.8%, RPG 19.1%, Action RPG 16.1%, Action 15%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar top-down perspective with a heavy emphasis on tower defense and RPG character progression against waves of enemies.

'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 22.5%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 13%, Open World 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the tower-defense and base-building aspects of zombie survival, requiring you to fortify your position against nightly raids.

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 21%, Survival 17.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Tower Defense 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A premier open-world survival game that perfectly integrates base-building and tower-defense mechanics against zombie hordes.

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 28%, Survival 20.8%, Base Building 19.1%, Open World 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for managing a community and building a base while surviving in a zombie-infested open world.

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 31.2%, Survival 24.5%, Open World 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Building 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While isometric, it provides the most comprehensive survival and base-building experience in the zombie genre.

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 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 14.4%, Building 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes realistic mechanics and scavenging in a dangerous zombie-filled environment.

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: Base Building 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Open World 18.8%, Survival 16.2%, RPG 11%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game allows you to build settlements and manage survivors in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

Why similar: Zombies 43.6%, Survival 22.8%, RPG 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Open World 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that focuses on the social and survival challenges of maintaining a base during a zombie outbreak.

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: Base Building 26.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Survival 15.7%, Zombies 9.4%, Open World 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that focuses on the logistics of base-building and resource management in a post-apocalyptic world.

Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 38.3%, Survival 27.3%, Open World 13.4%, Base Building 11.8%, RPG 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting, base-building, and cooperative combat against hordes of zombies.

You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Survival 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Open World 12.1%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival game that emphasizes scavenging and base management in a post-apocalyptic city.

"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 40.1%, Survival 20.6%, Tower Defense 20.4%, RPG 7.1%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game that requires careful management of a group of survivors in a zombie-ridden world.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 27.9%, Base Building 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Building 6.9%, Open World 6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses heavily on managing your base and the needs of your survivors.

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 22.7%, Survival 15%, Base Building 14.5%, Open World 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that allows for base-building and cooperative play in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Base Building 26%, Zombies 23.9%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in base-building and tower-defense strategy against massive swarms of zombies.

Farm the dead to stay alive in DEADCRAFT, a new twist on the zombie survival-action genre! As a half-zombie, grow an army of loyal undead followers and build an arsenal to equip them to take revenge on the rulers of humanity's last city.

Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Survival 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Isometric 7.3%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique survival game where you must craft and manage your own zombie army to survive in a wasteland.

The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Action RPG 15.7%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that features squad management and exploration in a post-apocalyptic setting.

A deadly virus plagues the city and the residents now roam the streets as flesh-eating zombies. Loot the apocalyptic open world and build a self-sustaining zombie-killing fortress. Will you survive the apocalypse or become one of the undead?

Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Base Building 17.4%, Open World 14%, Survival 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that focuses on base-building and surviving against endless waves of zombies.

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 30.7%, Survival 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Open World 18%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features extensive base-building and crafting in a zombie-filled open world.

Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 66.6%, Top-Down 19.7%, Combat 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi, its top-down squad-based action and tactical defense elements feel very similar to the combat in Red Daze.

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 31.4%, Survival 19.1%, Open World 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Base Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A solid open-world survival game that focuses on looting, crafting, and surviving against zombies.

Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, Zombies 18%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Survival 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-strategy game where you must defend your position against nightly zombie attacks.

Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!

Why similar: Tower Defense 15.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 11.2%, Isometric 10.6%, Action RPG 10%

The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Why similar: Zombies 39.6%, Tower Defense 34%, Top-Down 11.8%, Action 5.5%, Strategy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy game that focuses on rescuing survivors and defending areas using tactical placement and tower-defense elements.

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 32%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 16.1%, Base Building 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%

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 33.5%, Survival 22.4%, Open World 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, RPG 8.2%

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 30.7%, Base Building 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Survival 13.7%, Strategy 4.3%

Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.

Why similar: Zombies 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 11.7%, Action RPG 10.5%

In Fort Zombie, players are trapped in the small town of Piety, Indiana. Organize and build a defense shelter from an impending wave of undead. Choose a building to be your Fort and forage for Food, Weapons, Supplies and People.

Why similar: RPG 38.5%, Zombies 33.3%, Action 21.9%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: An older but classic title that focuses entirely on fortifying a building and surviving against zombie sieges.

Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

Why similar: Zombies 39.9%, Survival 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, RPG 14.1%, Strategy 4.8%

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 35.3%, Survival 20.1%, Open World 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Base Building 8.7%

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Zombies 24.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Open World 12.7%, Survival 12.2%

City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

Why similar: Zombies 22.6%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Survival 14%

DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Zombies 26.6%, Open World 16.9%, Survival 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Base Building 12%

Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.8%, Zombies 38.1%, Top-Down 9.5%, Strategy 5%, Indie 1.7%

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 20.1%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%

Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.

Why similar: Zombies 25.3%, Base Building 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 16.1%, Isometric 11.2%

Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.

Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Survival 19.4%, Action RPG 16.7%, RPG 6.9%

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 24.1%, Survival 18.4%, Base Building 11%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%

Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

Why similar: Tower Defense 22%, Survival 21.5%, Base Building 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Building 9.6%

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 29.3%, Survival 23%, Base Building 18.7%, Building 8.3%, Open World 8.1%

Blending horror survival/ Building and tower defence elements Damned Nation gives the player more ways to experience the post apocalypse the ever before.

Why similar: Zombies 25.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Tower Defense 15.8%, Survival 15.5%, Open World 12.7%

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

Why similar: Base Building 26.3%, Survival 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Open World 11.3%, Building 8.5%

FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!

Why similar: Zombies 29.7%, Survival 18.9%, Action RPG 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Top-Down 8%

The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 43.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Survival 18.3%, RPG 11.3%, Strategy 5%

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 33.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.7%, Open World 18.5%, RPG 12.3%, Survival 9.9%

Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.4%, Tower Defense 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 11.1%

Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.

Why similar: Zombies 23.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Survival 15%, Open World 13.5%

Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.

Why similar: Base Building 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 14.7%, Isometric 13.7%

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

Why similar: Survival 22.9%, Zombies 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Building 14.8%, RPG 12.4%

An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.

Why similar: Survival 18.6%, Zombies 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Building 12.8%, Old School 10.6%

A single-player game of adventure and survival, set in a vast region infested with the dead. Build an autonomous camp, manage a community of survivors, look for the many who are missing, fight ferocious hordes, and unravel the mysteries of the legend of Nayati River!

Why similar: Zombies 24.4%, Base Building 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Action RPG 11.8%, Survival 8.7%

Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.

Why similar: Zombies 22.7%, Tower Defense 20.5%, Base Building 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Survival 10.7%

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Zombies 30.1%, Base Building 17.9%, Building 7.4%, Strategy 6.5%

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 28.8%, Survival 19.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Open World 7.8%