- #1 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
97% matchMixed60% of 2,693,836 reviews2017
Dev: PUBG CorporationPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 30.4 hrsMean: 226.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
Why similar: Battle Royale 38.1% ★, Survival 25%, Multiplayer 12%, FPS 10.1%, Shooter 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive battle royale experience that mirrors the scavenging and tactical survival gameplay found in Down To One.
- #2 Rust
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Survival 41.7%, Open World 22.9%, Multiplayer 17.4%, FPS 7.6%, Action 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal open-world survival game where you must scavenge from scratch and defend your resources against other players.
- #3 SCUM
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 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: Survival 36.2%, Open World 32.8%, FPS 20%, Action 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, hardcore survival game that emphasizes realistic mechanics and intense open-world PvP combat.
- #4 DayZ
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 456,703 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.6 hrsMean: 272.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 31.6%, Open World 19.1%, FPS 14%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Shooter 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate hardcore survival experience where the open world and other players provide constant, lethal threats.
- #5 Hurtworld
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Survival 33.9%, Open World 22.2%, FPS 19.3%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Action 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game with a heavy emphasis on PvP combat and resource management.
- #6 Apex Legends™
94% matchMixed68% of 1,039,084 reviews2020
Dev: RespawnPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 192.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.
Why similar: Battle Royale 46.9% ★, FPS 15.6%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Shooter 8.3%, Survival 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly polished, fast-paced battle royale experience with a strong emphasis on movement and looting.
- #7 Call of Duty®: Warzone™
93% matchMostly Negative31% of 49,470 reviews2022
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Welcome to Call of Duty®: Warzone™, the massive free-to-play combat arena. Experience thrilling modes & new gameplay features in Verdansk and Rebirth Island.
Why similar: Battle Royale 43% ★, FPS 14.8%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Shooter 7.1%, Survival 7%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale, high-fidelity shooter that provides the intense, last-man-standing thrill of the battle royale genre.
- #8 Unturned
92% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Survival 24.8%, Open World 20.5%, FPS 15.5%, Multiplayer 15%, Shooter 9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival-crafting mechanics with open-world shooter combat in a way that rewards careful scavenging.
- #9 Vigor
89% matchMixed46% of 7,596 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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: Multiplayer 34.1%, FPS 32.4%, Shooter 18.1%, Action 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: An extraction-based survival shooter that focuses on the tension of looting and surviving in a hostile environment.
- #10 Will To Live Online
90% matchMixed69% of 18,150 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Survival 38.2%, Open World 24.3%, Multiplayer 18.1%, FPS 10.8%, Shooter 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that features strong open-world PvP elements and scavenging.
- #11 Z1 Battle Royale
88% matchMixed56% of 203,316 reviews2018
Dev: Daybreak Game Company
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 78.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
Why similar: Battle Royale 30% ★, Survival 27.8%, Open World 13.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%, FPS 8%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational title in the battle royale genre that helped set the standard for the survival-shooter format.
- #12 SUPER PEOPLE
87% matchMixed57% of 18,306 reviews2022
Dev: Wonder PeoplePub: Wonder Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SUPER PEOPLE is a skill-driven battle royale from WONDER PEOPLE. With 15 super soldiers, each with unique abilities, you shape the pace of engagements, your tactics, and the finish—turning a familiar battle royale into a completely different kind of fun.
Why similar: Battle Royale 43.8% ★, Survival 18%, FPS 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Shooter 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A battle royale that incorporates unique class-based survival mechanics to add depth to the standard shooter loop.
- #13 NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 298,547 reviews2021
Dev: 24 EntertainmentPub: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 122.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 40 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!
Why similar: Battle Royale 54.5% ★, Survival 20.1%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Action 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity battle royale that emphasizes vertical movement and skill-based combat.
- #14 Death Toll
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 317 reviews2018
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Death Toll is a multiplayer, open world first person survival shooter with a unique game mode that focuses on team play. Players are dropped into the world with nothing but their cunning, their will to survive, and the game's single goal: Escape the Island.
Why similar: Survival 22.7%, Action 20.9%, Open World 20.6%, Multiplayer 16.9%, FPS 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A competitive multiplayer survival game that emphasizes PvP combat in an open environment.
- #15 STAND OUT VR : VR Battle Royale
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,409 reviews2019
Dev: raptor lab
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Kill, build, drive, do parkour, fly, make friends, eat... Compete to be the last man alive on huge islands filled with deadly weapons and vehicles. Play the way you want, this is Battle Royale.
Why similar: Battle Royale 79.6% ★, Action 12%, FPS 4.6%, Multiplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A pioneer in the VR battle royale space that captures the classic scavenging-to-combat loop.
- #16 Total Lockdown
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 867 reviews2020
Dev: Panzar StudioPub: OVALIS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Total Lockdown is a battle royale on the top floors of a giant skyscraper. In this action shooter, the goal is to survive using any available weapons, gadgets, and tricks. Fight for fortune and fame in a battle to the death!
Why similar: Battle Royale 48.6% ★, Action 29%, Survival 12.4%, Shooter 6%, FPS 4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arena-style battle royale shooter that focuses on quick, brutal engagements.
- #17 Element Battle Royale
82% matchMixed61% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: YoAvrageStudios
Windows
Element Battle Royal takes BR to the next level with realistic mechanics, small games of only 24, and a large map to explore with others. Your main goal is to survive and thrive until you're the last man standing.
Why similar: Battle Royale 44.6% ★, Survival 16.1%, FPS 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Action 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie battle royale that incorporates simulation elements into its combat loop.
- #18 Royale Island Showdown
81% matchVery Positive84% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Logan Thatcher
Windows
An online 4 player Battle Royale FPS, where each player has an AI teammate.
Why similar: Battle Royale 54.3% ★, FPS 15%, Action 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Shooter 9%
Why You'll Like It: An arena-style battle royale shooter that prioritizes rapid combat and survival.
- #19 One Last Day
81% matchMixed62% of 103 reviews2015
Dev: Bloodwolf Studio
Windows · Mac
[Alpha] Explore, hunt, be hunted, kill, destroy, build... Fight in a colorful, devastated world that everyone is trying to take for themselves. Do it yours, but remember your main goal at the start of the day; try to survive one last day.
Why similar: Survival 59.5%, Action 40.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused indie game that prioritizes scavenging and careful movement in a dangerous world.
- #20 Relow
79% matchVery Positive87% of 85 reviews2020
Dev: Relow Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relow is a very fast-paced first-person shooter where you compete using weird weapons and lethal side-arms in a procedural environment
Why similar: Action 36.5%, FPS 27.5%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Shooter 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, indie-developed FPS battle royale that focuses on quick looting and shooting.
- #21 Ostrofa
80% matchMixed64% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Normunds Petrovs
Windows · Mac
Be prepared to survive in a custom-generated, low poly environment, fighting against other players from all over the world.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer survival action game that focuses on player-versus-player conflict.
- #22 BEACHED
79% matchMixed65% of 3,675 reviews2021
Dev: Gradient Studios
Windows
A free-to-play, low-poly, open-world survival shooter where you’ll battle other players, explore massive monuments, and fight to stay alive. Build and fortify your base to defend against enemy raids, gather resources, and conquer a harsh, competitive world. Survival means doing whatever it takes.
Why similar: Survival 27.3%, Open World 24.8%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival craft game that features intense shooter mechanics and player competition.
- #23 Darwin Project
77% matchVery Positive82% of 18,339 reviews2020
Dev: Scavengers Studio
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.
Why similar: Battle Royale 55.3% ★, Survival 15.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Open World 7.3%, Action 4.8%
- #24 Polygon Bit Battle Royale
73% matchMixed63% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Army Troop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Offline Battle Royale with smart AI bots — no waiting, no matchmaking. Play instantly, or jump online to fight real players and squad up with friends.
Why similar: Battle Royale 38.3% ★, Survival 18.9%, FPS 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Shooter 7.5%
- #25 Battle Royale: Survivors 究极求生:大逃杀
76% matchMixed45% of 552 reviews2018
Dev: momoStorm Entertainment
Windows
Battle Royale: Survivors is a last-man-standing top down shooter pvp survival game. Players are taken as prisoners and thrown to an abandoned island. Players must fight with whatever they can find on the island. Whoever survivals to be the last lone survivor wins the game.
Why similar: Battle Royale 54.7% ★, Survival 26.4%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Action 7.4%, Shooter 2.6%
- #26 Next Day: Survival
74% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 38.8%, Open World 28.5%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Shooter 5.8%, Action 5.1%
- #27 Mini Royale
70% matchMixed66% of 3,546 reviews2025
Dev: IndigoBlue
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Brace yourself for an action-packed shooter experience in Mini Royale! Battle as green army toy soldiers in a massive kids' bedroom, fighting for survival in modes like Battle Royale, Deathmatch, and more—where only the strongest players or teams claim victory.
Why similar: Battle Royale 49.6% ★, Multiplayer 13.8%, Survival 12.9%, FPS 9.3%, Shooter 8.1%
- #28 Passed Out
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 219 reviews2023
Dev: Tacty Studio
Windows
Survive in this terrific BattleRoyale with 2000 zombies arround you. Be the last man standing to enter in the Zombie Horde Mode and reach the top of the leaderboard. Good luck survivors..
Why similar: Battle Royale 64.1% ★, Action 18.3%, Multiplayer 17.6%
- #29 GangV | VR & PC Battle Royale
72% matchMixed62% of 527 reviews2021
Dev: raptor lab
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Made for PC and VR featuring an Online Open World. A Battle Royale unlike any other with traffic, crowds, and law enforcement! Steal money, equipment, and vehicles and face the consequences. Hide among civilians to kill your opponents.
Why similar: Battle Royale 41% ★, Open World 17.4%, Multiplayer 12.3%, FPS 10.7%, Shooter 7.2%
- #30 The Last One
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: Phoenix Interactive Studio
Windows
Once a prosperous city Istanbul is fallen. Prepare your gear, defeat zombie hordes and reclaim your hometown. Uncover hidden story behind the disaster and learn what controls the zombies. Select your side between military and rebels and fight for the control of the city.
Why similar: Survival 33.4%, Multiplayer 18.9%, FPS 14.1%, Open World 11.5%, Action 9.2%
- #31 Survival Games
71% matchMixed51% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: 2.0 Studios
Windows
Survival Games is a Multiplayer survival voxel shooter in an ever-changing world full of secrets, traps, wildlife and treasure. Play in 64 player games ONLINE in three different game modes. Zombies, Battle Royale and Arena now Available.Never play the same game twice with a unique world that changes every time you play!
Why similar: Battle Royale 49.3% ★, Survival 25.6%, Action 9.5%, FPS 9%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #32 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
69% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 38%, Open World 23.3%, Multiplayer 16.9%, FPS 10.5%, Action 5.5%
- #33 Passed Out: Prologue
68% matchMixed67% of 558 reviews2022
Dev: Tacty Studio
Windows
Survive in this terrific Battle Royale with 2000 creatures around you. Be the last person standing to enter the Zombie Horde Mode. Good luck, survivors!
Why similar: Battle Royale 61.5% ★, Multiplayer 23.4%, Action 13.3%, Co-op 1.9%
- #34 Undeads
64% matchMostly Positive86% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Sezual Pte LtdPub: Undeads Interactive Limited
Windows · Mac
Embark on a risky but exciting journey through the world of Undeads. Search for weapons, armor, supplies and medicine. Survive or hunt survivors. Enjoy unique matches, sell your loot, and fight bloody and challenging battles against the background of the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Battle Royale 50.8% ★, Survival 18.2%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Action 10.3%, Shooter 7.2%
- #35 Hired Ops
67% matchMixed67% of 16,025 reviews2021
Dev: Absolut Soft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale.
Why similar: FPS 36.7%, Multiplayer 26.8%, Action 12.8%, Shooter 11.9%, Battle Royale 9.2% ★
- #36 Sunrise: survival
70% matchMixed48% of 526 reviews2017
Dev: Fedorov Ilya & Andrew Konovalov
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!
Why similar: Survival 39.4%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Action 14.5%, Open World 13.8%, FPS 10.7%
- #37 Pixel Battle Royale
69% matchMixed61% of 639 reviews2019
Dev: FreezeNova
Windows
Fantastic battle royale inspired game in which you must be the last player standing.
Why similar: Battle Royale 46.1% ★, Multiplayer 13.5%, Action 11.9%, Survival 11.1%, FPS 9.9%
- #38 Peasant Royale
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 301 reviews2023
Dev: Milord
Windows
Meet the first standalone medieval battle royale game! Take part in battles with up to 50 players using a wide variety of weapons and other items.
Why similar: Battle Royale 57.4% ★, Action 16.1%, FPS 14.1%, Multiplayer 12.4%
- #39 Legend Battles
62% matchVery Positive88% of 450 reviews2026
Dev: Hanxiang
Windows
Free-to-play UE 5.6 Extraction Battle Royale in 400 km² neo-futuristic world with destructible environment and vehicles, massive ET-ACUs, armored Aliens, ferocious Monsters, heavily armed MetaHumans, complete missions to attack, defend, loot, extract facing dynamic weathers.
Why similar: Battle Royale 40.8% ★, Survival 18.4%, FPS 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Action 8.2%
- #40 Gray Zone Warfare
63% matchMixed70% of 66,430 reviews2024
Dev: MADFINGER Games, a.s.
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
Why similar: Open World 24.5%, FPS 20.6%, Survival 20.1%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Shooter 10.7%
- #41 Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server
69% matchMixed52% of 2,564 reviews2016
Dev: Daybreak Game Company
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
Why similar: Survival 29.4%, Battle Royale 18.3% ★, Open World 13.9%, Multiplayer 13.1%, FPS 9.4%