Games Like Dread Dawn

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 32.7%, Survival 20.7%, Base Building 18.4%, Open World 16.1%, Sandbox 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features excellent community management and base-building mechanics that mirror the survivor-focused gameplay of Dread Dawn.

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 36.4%, Survival 24.4%, Open World 14.3%, Sandbox 12.1%, Isometric 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive zombie survival simulator that offers unparalleled depth in base-building, scavenging, and community management.

'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 23.5%, Tower Defense 15.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strong focus on trap-building and base defense in an open world, capturing the tactical preparation needed for zombie survival.

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 24.4%, Survival 17.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Tower Defense 11.5%, Open World 10.6%

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

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 27.7%, Survival 15.4%, Base Building 14.6%, Open World 12.2%, Sandbox 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes scavenging and base-building in a post-apocalyptic open world.

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 38.1%, Survival 19.6%, Open World 15.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Third-Person Shooter 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a classic open-world zombie survival experience with a heavy emphasis on looting and managing resources.

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 34.7%, Survival 19.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Open World 13.1%, Exploration 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that captures the desperate struggle of finding supplies and surviving in a city overrun by zombies.

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 26.7%, Survival 18.1%, Open World 14.9%, Base Building 14.8%, Sandbox 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and the satisfaction of breaking down the environment to craft better survival gear.

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 32.5%, Base Building 22.4%, Outbreak Sim 19.5% ★, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a base in a real-world city, focusing on city-building and defense against waves of the infected.

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 31.5%, Survival 23%, Open World 16.7%, Sandbox 7.6%, Building 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a comprehensive crafting and building system that allows for highly customized bases in a zombie-infested world.

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 33.7%, Survival 25.5%, Open World 15.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Sandbox 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival game that requires careful planning and base fortification to withstand the dangers of the mist and zombies.

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 26.9%, Survival 15%, Outbreak Sim 14.5% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival experience that requires meticulous management of your character and base to survive in an open world.

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 28.2%, Open World 20.8%, Survival 19.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Third Person 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep community management and base-building where you must protect your survivors from both zombies and hostile factions.

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 27.2%, Survival 15.2%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Base Building 13%, Open World 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with survival and base-building, focusing on reclaiming territory from a zombie-like plague.

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 29%, Survival 18.7%, Base Building 16.4%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes realistic base-building and scavenging in a world filled with the undead.

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 53.8%, Survival 24%, RPG 7.1%, Open World 4.4%, Sandbox 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that focuses heavily on the drama and management of a survivor group in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 43.1%, Survival 26.2%, Open World 11.9%, Base Building 10.9%, RPG 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends top-down action with base-building and crafting, making it a great fit for fans of the survival-defense loop.

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Zombies 17.6%, Survival 16%, Sandbox 15.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Open World 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on investigation and survival, requiring you to explore an island to uncover the cause of the outbreak.

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: Zombies 31.8%, Survival 29%, Open World 22.6%, Horror 8.6%, Adventure 3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game that tasks you with exploring a dangerous island and managing your resources.

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 60.7%, Survival 30.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the exploration of dangerous zones to gather resources while managing your character's health and infection levels.

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 35.3%, Survival 20.8%, Sandbox 18.2%, Open World 16.3%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that offers a mix of exploration, base-building, and zombie combat in a stylized open world.

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

Why similar: Zombies 20.3%, Survival 17.3%, Third-Person Shooter 15.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Sandbox 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that encourages building and defending your territory from zombie threats.

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 34.8%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 15.6%, Action-Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game that emphasizes base-building and long-term survival in an open world.

The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

Why similar: Zombies 19.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 14.6%, Open World 13%, Sandbox 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a robust base-building system where you must protect your home from both wildlife and the infected.

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 39.4%, Survival 22.7%, Open World 14.3%, Building 8.8%, RPG 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival game that focuses on the emotional drama of surviving a zombie outbreak.

Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.

Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Base Building 17.2%, Sandbox 16.3%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person shooter survival game that uses a train as a mobile base, offering a unique twist on the genre.

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 28.9%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 12.9%, Sandbox 12.2%, Base Building 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes scavenging and crafting from scrap to survive in a hostile environment.

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 25.1%, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 14.7%, Building 8.1%

In the game, day and night alternate. Zombies will not be active during the day, so you can build your home with confidence. But at night you have to resist hordes of zombies and guard your camp!

Why similar: Zombies 31.1%, Outbreak Sim 26.1% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Exploration 7.3%

Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 27.6%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that challenges players to explore and survive in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic landscape.

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 38.5%, Survival 18.6%, Open World 13.7%, Base Building 7.8%, Sandbox 6.3%

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 34.1%, Survival 17.2%, Open World 15.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Third-Person Shooter 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer survival game that focuses on the day-night cycle and the increased threat of zombies after dark.

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 34.3%, Survival 17.8%, Open World 17%, Base Building 12.8%, Third-Person Shooter 6%

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 38.1%, Survival 20%, Open World 15%, Base Building 14.8%, Sandbox 4.9%

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 36.6%, Survival 18.9%, Third-Person Shooter 16.9%, Open World 16.7%, RPG 6.9%

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

Why similar: Zombies 42.7%, Survival 23.7%, 2.5D 19.8%, Horror 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%

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 30.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 15.8%, Tower Defense 15%, Open World 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game that tasks you with managing resources and defending against zombie threats.

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 32.9%, Survival 21.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 10.1%

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: Zombies 33.7%, Survival 32.3%, Building 15.5%, RPG 11.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.

Why similar: Zombies 22.7%, Third-Person Shooter 18.6%, Sandbox 18.5%, Open World 12.2%, Exploration 9.7%

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 34.2%, Survival 19.9%, Base Building 14.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 7.3%

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

Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 13.2%

iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!

Why similar: Zombies 22.7%, Sandbox 16%, Base Building 15.1%, Open World 12.7%, Survival 11.8%

You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!

Why similar: Zombies 30%, Survival 15.3%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 12.8%, Third-Person Shooter 9.4%

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 38%, Survival 20.3%, Open World 13.5%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 9%

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

Why similar: Zombies 24.5%, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Open World 11.2%

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Zombies 29.6%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 14.1%, Sandbox 14%, Tower Defense 13.2%

Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.

Why similar: Zombies 34.3%, Sandbox 18.8%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 12.4%, Building 9.5%

"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 32%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 15.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Exploration 6.3%

Top-down open world single player / survival / RPG game with zombies and wildlife.

Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, Survival 30.5%, Third-Person Shooter 11.1%, RPG 10.6%, Adventure 7.2%

Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.

Why similar: Zombies 30.8%, Survival 18.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Third-Person Shooter 13.2%, Third Person 7.3%

“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 34.8%, Survival 24.7%, Sandbox 14.8%, RPG 7%, Open World 6.8%

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 36.9%, Survival 22.8%, Zombies 14.5%, Open World 11.4%, Building 8.7%

《Town Of The Dead Life》 is an independent game with the background of eschatology. Players will play the role of one of the few surviving humans in the end of the world, surviving in difficult conditions and trying to change the fate of the world.

Why similar: Zombies 28.3%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Survival 16%, Third-Person Shooter 15.9%, Third Person 5%

Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city.

Why similar: Zombies 34%, Base Building 22.7%, Survival 22.3%, Sandbox 15.9%, Building 3.3%

(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.

Why similar: Zombies 37%, Survival 19.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Open World 12.2%, Building 11%

Bio Goddess: Doomsday Begins is a third-person shooter survival game where players assume the role of a female high school student surviving in a school struck by a biochemical crisis. They investigate the events, uncover their connection to their father, and explore their own identity.

Why similar: Zombies 39.4%, Third-Person Shooter 20.8%, Drama 8.7%, Exploration 7.6%, RPG 7.3%

"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 50.1%, Survival 21.9%, Tower Defense 20.3%, RPG 5%, Adventure 2.7%

Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...

Why similar: Zombies 63.6%, Exploration 15.4%, Adventure 8%, Horror 7.1%, Atmospheric 6%