- #1 Project Zomboid
97% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 29.3%, Survival 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Open World 12.2%, Building 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive deep-simulation zombie survival game, offering unparalleled depth in crafting, shelter management, and survival mechanics.
- #2 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,417 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 24.6%, Survival 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Open World 9.8%, Gore 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelike survival game that emphasizes careful planning and resource management in a city overrun by zombies.
- #3 Dead Age
96% matchVery Positive82% of 5,591 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 32.1%, Survival 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, RPG 10.2%, Strategy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based combat and RPG elements with survival management, closely matching the strategic feel of the seed game.
- #4 Dead State: Reanimated
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,553 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 41.4%, Survival 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, RPG 8.6%, Strategy 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that mirrors the seed game's focus on managing a shelter and navigating complex social dynamics during a zombie outbreak.
- #5 This War of Mine
94% matchVery Positive94% of 97,008 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 55.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 7.6%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title focuses on the emotional weight of survival and the difficult moral choices required to keep a group of survivors alive.
- #6 Mist Survival
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,126 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 29.9%, Survival 27.6%, Open World 14.7%, Survival Horror 6.4%, Violent 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic survival experience with a strong focus on building a secure base and managing resources against environmental threats.
- #7 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
92% matchVery Positive87% of 4,265 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Post-apocalyptic 35.2%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 18.6%, RPG 11.9%, Simulation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a blend of survival, base-building, and social interaction that captures the same management-heavy gameplay as the seed game.
- #8 Sheltered
93% matchVery Positive82% of 6,241 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 31.7%, Building 8.2%, Strategy 6.8%, Open World 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic disaster management game where you must protect your family in a shelter, mirroring the resource-gathering and fortification loop.
- #9 ZED ZONE
91% matchVery Positive80% of 3,558 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 11.3%, Building 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy survival game that focuses on realism and the technical aspects of surviving in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #10 SKYHILL
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,643 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Zombies 18.5%, Roguelike 8.3%, RPG 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival roguelike that forces you to manage hunger and health while descending a dangerous hotel, mirroring the seed game's claustrophobic tension.
- #11 DYSMANTLE
89% matchVery Positive91% of 11,423 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 31.6%, Survival 26%, Open World 18.5%, RPG 8.1%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the satisfaction of scavenging and clearing out a zombie-infested world, providing a more action-oriented but still survival-focused experience.
- #12 State of Decay: YOSE
90% matchVery Positive82% of 12,934 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 33.4%, Survival 21.3%, Open World 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival Horror 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community management and base-building in an open world, capturing the core loop of scavenging and fortification.
- #13 SurrounDead
88% matchVery Positive92% of 24,802 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.9 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 33.8%, Survival 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Open World 14.7%, RPG 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A solid open-world survival game that emphasizes looting, base-building, and managing your inventory against zombie hordes.
- #14 60 Seconds! Reatomized
87% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2019
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches... and maybe survive. Or not.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.7%, Survival 31.6%, Strategy 13.8%, Horror 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A high-pressure survival management game that forces you to make tough decisions with limited resources in a confined shelter.
- #15 Infectonator: Survivors
89% matchMixed67% of 1,157 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"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 35.2%, Survival 18.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Gore 5.9%, RPG 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game that requires you to manage a group of survivors and make tactical decisions to escape a zombie-ridden world.
- #16 No One Survived
86% matchMixed65% of 7,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.6 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 22.2%, Survival 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Open World 12.5%, Survival Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the grind of survival, including complex crafting and base-building mechanics in a hostile world.
- #17 Decision: Red Daze
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 26.2%, Survival 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Open World 12.1%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that incorporates base-building and survival elements, focusing on reclaiming territory from zombie-like creatures.
- #18 VEIN
83% matchVery Positive89% of 10,247 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 25.5%, Survival 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Open World 14.2%, Survival Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A promising survival game that emphasizes base-building and scavenging, capturing the core loop of the seed game.
- #19 Dread Dawn
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,217 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 38.8%, Survival 22.4%, Open World 14%, Building 8.7%, RPG 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that allows for significant freedom in how you fortify your position and manage your survival against the undead.
- #20 NEO Scavenger
85% matchVery Positive90% of 5,372 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.8%, Survival 31.7%, Roguelike 10%, RPG 8.1%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and narrative decision-making in a dangerous post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #21 Zafehouse: Diaries
84% matchMixed68% of 440 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
Why similar: Zombies 33%, Survival 19%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy game where you manage survivors in a zombie-infested town, focusing on planning and tactical decision-making.
- #22 DESOLATE
81% matchMixed67% of 8,039 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Survival 26.2%, Zombies 23.6%, Open World 17.7%, Gore 11.8%, Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival game that emphasizes exploration and the psychological toll of surviving in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic environment.
- #23 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
82% 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 22.1%, Survival 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, RPG 8.2%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes the struggle for resources and the need to constantly move to avoid being overrun.
- #24 Apocalypse Island
80% matchMixed41% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Bettini Games
Windows
As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.
Why similar: Zombies 32.7%, Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Survival 22.9%, Open World 7.7%, Action 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on exploration and resource gathering in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #25 Jaws Of Extinction™
82% matchMixed54% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Blood Eater GamesPub: Forthright Entertainment
Windows
The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.
Why similar: Zombies 21.5%, Survival 15.9%, Gore 11.9%, Violent 10.2%, RPG 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that requires careful planning and resource management to survive against both zombies and other survivors.
- #26 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
79% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 28.8%, Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Survival 15.4%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival game that tasks you with managing a bunker and exploring the ruins of the world.
- #27 Invasion 2037
81% matchMixed60% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
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 20.9%, Survival 17.4%, Violent 12.9%, Open World 9.4%, Survival Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-adventure game that emphasizes the exploration of a ruined world and the struggle to find necessary supplies.
- #28 30 days to survive
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: HeXPub: Laush Studio
Windows
"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.
Why similar: Zombies 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Survival 14.2%, Gore 12%, Violent 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that challenges you to manage your needs and resources within a strict time limit.
- #29 LifeZ - Survival
79% matchMixed68% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: iDs Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 30.7%, Survival 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, RPG 7.2%, Open World 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival game that focuses on the basics of scavenging, crafting, and staying alive in a zombie-filled world.
- #30 How to Survive 2
78% matchMixed69% of 11,001 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 40.2%, Survival 29.7%, Open World 11.7%, Gore 7.3%, RPG 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more action-oriented approach to survival, focusing on crafting and defending your base against waves of zombies.
- #31 Winter Survivor Protocol
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
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 28.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Open World 12.9%, RPG 9.3%, Survival 8.7%
- #32 Junk Survivor
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
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 23%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Survival 15.8%, Open World 10.7%, Building 9.2%
- #33 Night of the Dead
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,782 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.7 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: Zombies 28.5%, Survival 17.1%, Building 13.5%, Open World 13.2%, Survival Horror 13.1%
- #34 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
77% matchMixed54% of 900 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 26.2%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 12.5%, Gore 12.2%, Violent 10.5%
- #35 Outbreak Island
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 963 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Survival 20.9%, Zombies 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Building 10.9%, Open World 10.3%
- #36 Overgrown: Genesis
76% matchVery Positive82% of 230 reviews2020
Dev: Dystopian ProjectPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Survival Horror, with an erotic twist. A zombie outbreak ravages the world- you find yourself caught in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Stranded on the wrong side of the outbreak, will you be able to survive and fend off the shuffling hordes?
Why similar: Sexual Content 16.6%, Nudity 11.4%, RPG 10.9%, Zombies 10.5%, Violent 7.7%
- #37 The Withering
76% matchMixed49% of 370 reviews2019
Dev: CM Softworks
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Have you ever thought or imagined how our world would look like after an apocalyptic event? What would we do if some of us were to survive? What world would we live in and what challenges would we face? What would you do?
Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival 13.2%, RPG 6.8%, Open World 6.8%
- #38 Drive 4 Survival
75% matchMixed65% of 304 reviews2020
Dev: M3M Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 25.9%, Zombies 20.2%, Survival 17.5%, Open World 15%, Building 8.9%
- #39 Megacraft Hentai Survival
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 332 reviews2021
Dev: Boom Team
Windows
Megacraft Hentai Survival is an open-world shooter where you decide where to go and what to do, your fate is in your hands. How long can you survive in a cubic post-Apocalypse?
Why similar: Zombies 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Survival 14.4%, RPG 7.7%, Sexual Content 7.4%
- #40 Zelter
74% matchMixed48% of 1,973 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Zombies 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Survival 16.7%, Building 10.5%, Open World 9.6%
- #41 State of Decay
72% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 35.5%, Survival 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Open World 13.3%, RPG 4.1%
- #42 Survivor Strain - Season 1
68% matchVery Positive97% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Baker
Windows
In this story-focused adult visual novel you will try to survive and adapt to the new world, creating and protecting your faction of survivors in this new world. Fight the infected, experience romance, fight other factions, and protect your group.
Why similar: Zombies 27.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Survival 16.1%, Sexual Content 9.9%, Survival Horror 6.8%
- #43 Nearly Dead
72% matchMixed46% of 299 reviews2021
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 27.8%, RPG 18.8%, Strategy 16.3%, Survival 13.3%, Action 8.5%
- #44 FALL
68% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: 谭浩翔
Windows
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Survival 15.3%, Roguelike 8.3%, RPG 6.5%
- #45 Contagion VR: Outbreak
71% matchMixed64% of 697 reviews2020
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Contagion VR: Outbreak will immerse you into the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Relive stories of the survivors in the Single Player campaign, take your time in Free Roam, or check out the Firing Range!
Why similar: Zombies 24.4%, Gore 12.4%, Survival Horror 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Violent 8.3%
- #46 Lifeless
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 554 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 34.4%, Survival 19%, Gore 16.8%, Violent 13.5%, Open World 6.8%
- #47 Taora : Survival
69% matchMixed61% of 405 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.2%, Survival 25.2%, Building 17.7%, Open World 12.3%, RPG 10.6%
- #48 Fallen Region
71% matchMixed41% of 194 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 20.3%, Survival 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Open World 8.8%, Building 8.7%
- #49 GearStorm - Armored Survival
71% matchMixed56% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Iron City Games
Windows · Mac
GearStorm - Armored Survival is a story-driven, open-world sci-fi survival adventure. Discover what led to the Phage, a deadly virus apocalypse and our escape to a alien world. Explore a vast alien planet, build your base, create your colony, acquire vehicles, weapons, and supplies to defend it.
Why similar: Survival 16.7%, Violent 11.9%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Open World 10.9%
- #50 Human Host
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 166 reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Matrix Studio
Windows
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 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival 13.9%, Building 11%, Survival Horror 9.7%
- #51 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33%, Survival 28.7%, Open World 10.5%, Building 10.3%, Strategy 8%
- #52 The Day Of Survival
69% matchMixed45% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: xHARDHeMPuS
Windows
The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.1%, Zombies 22.2%, Survival 18.6%, Open World 8.4%, Adventure 6.8%
- #53 SCUM
63% matchMostly Positive74% of 124,053 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 22.4%, Survival 18.5%, Gore 14.5%, Open World 13.7%, Violent 12.9%
- #54 Mad Island
64% matchVery Positive92% of 4,382 reviews2024
Dev: EmadePlus
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This survival game is packed with features including crafting, exploring, building, excavation, farming, fishing, capturing creatures, torture, battle, and a story with many forks along the way. The objective is to escape the island, but is that really your only choice?
Why similar: Sexual Content 25%, Gore 22.8%, Survival 17%, Nudity 15%, Open World 12.9%
- #55 Shadows of Kurgansk
70% 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 26%, Survival 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Simulation 8.4%, RPG 8.3%
- #56 Girl Amazon Survival
70% matchMixed43% of 246 reviews2016
Dev: Kobra Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Stay alive fighting with the bandits and zombies. Hunt animals, build houses.
Why similar: Zombies 18.8%, Violent 15.9%, Survival 12.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Survival Horror 8.5%
- #57 DARKEST DAYS
65% matchMixed49% of 4,909 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Survival 15.7%, Open World 12.9%, Gore 6.2%
- #58 Survivalist
67% matchVery Positive80% of 2,568 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 28.6%, Survival 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Open World 10.7%, RPG 6.7%
- #59 Fort Zombie
68% matchMixed67% of 153 reviews2018
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Gore 24.9%, Violent 20.5%, RPG 18.7%, Zombies 18%, Action 9.8%