Games Like DESOLATE

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 34.5%, Open World 23.4%, Horror 17.1%, Zombies 4.8%, First-Person 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of intense first-person survival, base building, and terrifying encounters with mutated enemies in an open world.

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 35.8%, Open World 28.7%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 5.9%, Survival Horror 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands on the survival and horror elements of its predecessor with improved graphics and deeper exploration mechanics.

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: Survival 35.1%, Zombies 25.2%, Open World 22.7%, Horror 12.1%, Action 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title is a staple of the genre, combining voxel-based base building with intense zombie survival and exploration.

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 23.2%, Open World 18.1%, Survival 17.2%, Horror 14.9%, Gore 10%

Why You'll Like It: It features fluid first-person movement and combat against zombies, capturing the high-stakes survival feel found in DESOLATE.

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: Survival 34.7%, Zombies 24%, Open World 23.1%, Horror 4%, Gore 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a very similar aesthetic and gameplay loop to DESOLATE, focusing on surviving in a world plagued by fog and hostile creatures.

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: Survival 31.4%, Open World 30.8%, Horror 19.2%, Survival Horror 5.2%, Crafting 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game emphasizes co-op exploration and tactical combat against overwhelming mechanical threats.

The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Why similar: Survival 50.9%, Open World 27.8%, Horror 5.7%, Adventure 3.9%, Crafting 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of group survival and mystery in a hostile, frozen landscape, requiring teamwork to overcome environmental challenges.

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: Survival 30.2%, Zombies 19%, Open World 18.8%, Horror 12.9%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the quintessential hardcore open-world survival game where every encounter with players or zombies is a fight for resources.

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: Open World 28.6%, Survival 23.3%, Horror 16.2%, First-Person 8.3%, Gore 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a highly atmospheric, first-person survival experience set in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic world filled with mutated threats.

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: Survival 28.5%, Open World 26.5%, Zombies 22%, Gore 13.1%, Crafting 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep, realistic survival mechanics and a vast open world that challenges players to manage their health and resources carefully.

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: Survival 37.8%, Open World 27.3%, Zombies 23.7%, Horror 4.2%, First-Person 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic open-world survival game that emphasizes multiplayer interaction and scavenging in a detailed, dangerous environment.

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 32.7%, Survival 32.3%, Open World 27.9%, First-Person 3.3%, Adventure 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a solid singleplayer zombie survival experience with a focus on looting and base defense in an 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: Survival 32.4%, Open World 25.6%, Zombies 23.1%, Gore 5.2%, First-Person 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This survival game features extensive crafting and building mechanics set in a dangerous, zombie-filled open 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: Survival 37.2%, Zombies 32%, Open World 18.3%, Gore 5.4%, Crafting 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused zombie survival game that emphasizes crafting and base building to fend off waves of the undead.

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: Survival 33.5%, Open World 28.2%, Zombies 27.8%, Horror 3.8%, Gore 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on community management and survival in a zombie-infested world, offering a more structured approach to the genre.

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 28.5%, Horror 18.9%, Open World 17.6%, Zombies 16.3%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends survival and horror with a sandbox exploration focus, tasking players with uncovering the mysteries of a strange island.

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 23.7%, Survival 22.9%, Open World 22.3%, Gore 10.2%, Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a massively multiplayer survival game that forces players to work together to survive against hordes of zombies.

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Survival 49.3%, Open World 28%, First-Person 5.7%, Crafting 4.2%, Survival Horror 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an incredibly punishing survival experience that forces players to manage their physical and mental health in a dangerous wilderness.

Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Survival 50.2%, Open World 29.5%, Horror 10.3%, Crafting 3.8%, Survival Horror 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a harsh, frozen environment where survival and atmospheric horror are central to the gameplay experience.

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Why similar: Zombies 30.5%, Open World 20.8%, Survival 20.6%, Horror 9.1%, Gore 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a visceral, first-person zombie-slaying experience that emphasizes melee combat and exploration.

A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.

Why similar: Open World 36.7%, Horror 35.7%, First-Person 8.9%, Survival Horror 8.3%, Atmospheric 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer horror-survival game that emphasizes atmospheric tension and cooperative play against supernatural entities.

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: Survival 36.9%, Zombies 35.9%, First-Person 10.8%, Adventure 5.1%, Action 4%

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 51.3%, Open World 38.7%, Crafting 3.1%, Action 2.2%, Adventure 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a post-Soviet setting with a focus on multiplayer survival, questing, and scavenging for resources.

Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.

Why similar: Survival 42.2%, Open World 31.9%, First-Person 8.9%, Crafting 4.1%, Action 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes online co-op and exploration in a harsh, fantasy-inspired open world.

“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: Survival 33.4%, Zombies 24.6%, Horror 13.4%, Open World 9.9%, Adventure 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique survival experience with a focus on anomalous zones and crafting in a mysterious, dangerous world.

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 51.9%, Open World 34%, First-Person 4.8%, Gore 4.7%, Crafting 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic MMORPG that focuses on survival, exploration, and combat in a dangerous, irradiated wasteland.

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 33.2%, Survival 20.3%, Open World 15.4%, Gore 12.6%, Horror 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A spin-off that provides a more narrative-driven, adventure-focused take on the zombie survival genre.

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: Survival 19.4%, Open World 18.7%, Zombies 17.4%, Horror 12.7%, Gore 10.3%

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: Survival 28.1%, Zombies 25.9%, Open World 18.8%, Horror 9.1%, Gore 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This indie survival game focuses on resource management and base building in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Survival 35.5%, Open World 27.5%, Horror 21.6%, Survival Horror 5.4%, Crafting 4%

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

Why similar: Survival 30%, Zombies 24.7%, Open World 23.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Crafting 4%

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: Survival 30.1%, Open World 27.2%, Zombies 22.3%, First-Person 8.9%, Crafting 3.8%

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: Survival 31.7%, Zombies 31.5%, Open World 25.7%, Gore 3.6%, Action 1.7%

Explore a remote island solo or in MULTIPLAYER co-op in this open-world survival horror. Manipulate objects and enemies with the Gravity Gun, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and survive a hostile world shaped by abandoned, mysterious facilities.

Why similar: Open World 28.8%, Survival 26.7%, Horror 23.5%, Survival Horror 6.3%, Crafting 4.1%

Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.

Why similar: Horror 35.7%, Open World 28.6%, First-Person 12.9%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Adventure 3.5%

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

Why similar: Survival 24.8%, Open World 21.5%, Horror 16.6%, Gore 13%, First-Person 7.2%

Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.

Why similar: Survival 28.4%, Open World 26.2%, Horror 17.6%, Gore 8.6%, Survival Horror 4.2%

Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?

Why similar: Survival 46.3%, Open World 29.2%, Zombies 12.9%, First-Person 3.8%, Crafting 2.6%

In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...

Why similar: Survival 37.8%, Horror 22.3%, Gore 9.3%, First-Person 8%, Adventure 4.1%

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: Open World 25.7%, Survival 24.9%, Zombies 24.8%, Horror 12.1%, Gore 5.7%

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 33.4%, Survival 30.9%, Open World 24.8%, Horror 4.4%, Action 2.1%

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Why similar: Survival 43.4%, Open World 23.5%, First-Person 12.4%, Adventure 4.9%, Crafting 4.5%

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: Survival 31.7%, Open World 28.2%, Zombies 25.7%, First-Person 4.7%, Survival Horror 3.3%

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Why similar: Survival 50.6%, Open World 33.3%, Crafting 5.6%, First-Person 4.4%, Action 1.9%

Based on the community award-winning Doom2 mod with the same name by the same creator, UNLOVED is reimagined in the Unreal Engine 4 to bring forth the unspeakable terror in new ways. Play coop with your friends, increase your skills, mod your weapons and face the horror that this unearthly place holds...

Why similar: Gore 35%, Horror 32.8%, Survival 11.9%, Action 7.4%, First-Person 6.3%

Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.

Why similar: Horror 45.3%, First-Person 20.3%, Stealth 11.7%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Atmospheric 6%

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Survival 29.7%, Open World 27.3%, Horror 22.5%, Survival Horror 5.8%, Adventure 4.4%

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

Why similar: Survival 27.9%, Zombies 26.2%, Open World 24.8%, Gore 6.2%, Survival Horror 4%

An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Survival 43.4%, Horror 18.7%, First-Person 10.6%, Survival Horror 6.2%, Crafting 6%

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Why similar: Zombies 28.9%, Open World 20.1%, Survival 17.6%, Gore 12.4%, Horror 9.5%

Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.

Why similar: Open World 33.6%, Horror 28.1%, First-Person 10.5%, Stealth 7.5%, Survival Horror 7.1%

'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 27.8%, Survival 26.2%, Open World 25.3%, First-Person 8.2%, Survival Horror 4.4%

Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.

Why similar: Survival 33.8%, Open World 30.3%, Zombies 19.3%, First-Person 7.7%, Crafting 3.9%