- #1 State of Decay: YOSE
97% matchVery Positive82% of 12,928 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.1 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 39%, Survival 21.6%, Base Building 19.8%, RPG 6.6%, Sandbox 5.2%
- #2 State of Decay
96% 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 43.9%, Survival 22.4%, Base Building 11.6%, RPG 9%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #3 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
96% matchVery Positive83% of 67,971 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 33.2%, Base Building 24.2%, Survival 22.1%, Sandbox 6%, RPG 6%
- #4 Isla de la Muerte
95% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Ashwake Interactive
Windows
Isla de la Muerte is an intense survival game filled with mystery and danger. Stranded on a remote island, you uncover the aftermath of a secret government experiment gone horribly wrong. Officially erased from records, the island is now overrun by hordes of relentless zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 35.4%, Base Building 26.5%, Survival 22%, RPG 14.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #5 Jaws Of Extinction™
94% 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 33.1%, Survival 21.3%, RPG 19.7%, Gore 10.9%, Violent 9.8%
- #6 NianNian's Nightmare
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayerGuo
Windows
A Cthulhu-inspired survival crafting game mixing modern industry with martial arts. Explore a spore-ravaged otherworld to gather, build, and craft. Make firearms and mechas, or master cold weapons. Farm, tame beasts, and fight horrors to survive.
Why similar: Survival 38.3%, Zombies 37.9%, RPG 20.1%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #7 Dead State: Reanimated
93% 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 50.1%, Survival 23.6%, RPG 18.5%, Sandbox 3.9%, Base Building 3.1%
- #8 Deadburg
92% matchVery Positive88% of 123 reviews2022
Dev: Reanimated Games
Windows
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 32.6%, Base Building 28.3%, Survival 22.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #9 Isle of Survival: The New Dawn
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BlueSlay3r
Windows
“Survive and rebuild on a mysterious island. Explore diverse biomes, battle zombies, craft, farm, trade, and harness electricity in this open-world sandbox adventure — alone or with friends.”
Why similar: RPG 23.3%, Survival 22.8%, Sandbox 19.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Zombies 16.5%
- #10 Squad Zero
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 30.5%, Base Building 21.6%, Survival 19.8%, Sandbox 17.5%, RPG 10.5%
- #11 You Can(Not) Survive
90% matchMixed56% of 32 reviews2018
Dev: DAX Entertainment
Windows
Zombies, zombies, zombies... are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? You Can(Not) Survive is an RPG zombie shooter. Find and upgrade weapons, fight against bosses, complete quests.
Why similar: Zombies 27.3%, RPG 26.9%, Survival 15.7%, Gore 15.6%, Violent 14.5%
- #12 LifeZ - Survival
89% 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 31.5%, Survival 19.3%, Base Building 17.3%, RPG 13.1%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #13 Deaded
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shaun Touch
Windows
Build your defences, scavenge for loots and survive the zombie infested city saturated with a mysterious fog. Survivors will ask for help but its up to you to save them, or leave them for dead. How long will you survive before you become... Deaded...
Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Base Building 19.8%, RPG 17.5%, Survival 15.9%, Gore 6.2%
- #14 Dread Dawn
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,215 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 35.3%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 17.7%, Sandbox 14.5%, RPG 9.8%
- #15 Dead Sector: Outbreak
86% matchPositive80% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Outpost17 Games
Windows
Survive a brutal desert wasteland after a devastating outbreak. Scavenge, build, and defend yourself in a hostile open-world filled with ruins, wreckage, and deadly infected.
Why similar: Base Building 26.7%, Zombies 23.8%, Survival 22.1%, RPG 21.4%, Third Person 5.6%
- #16 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
88% 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 33%, RPG 21.7%, Survival 19.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Gore 5.5%
- #17 Escape Dead Island
86% matchMixed62% of 1,700 reviews2014
Dev: FatsharkPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 54.1%, Survival 18.3%, Gore 13.4%, Third Person 8.9%, Violent 3.9%
- #18 The Road Behind Us
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amber Lamp Studios
Windows
The Road Behind Us is an urban survival game about about you, your dog, and a dead city. Explore abandoned skyscrapers, rooftops, basements, underpasses, and more. Craft out of a semi truck and take your base with you, or fix up an abandoned building and call it home.
Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Survival 21.2%, Sandbox 17.8%, Zombies 16.6%, Base Building 11.7%
- #19 Survivalist
84% matchVery Positive80% of 2,566 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 34%, Survival 23.3%, Base Building 16.6%, RPG 14%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #20 辐海
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: 个人开发
Windows
Radiant Sea "is a survival sandbox game that uses nuclear contaminated water discharged into the sea to cause marine pollution, thereby affecting human survival.
Why similar: RPG 37.8%, Zombies 36.6%, Sandbox 24%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #21 ZombiGON
83% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: WIK Games Studio
Windows
Build a community of survivors from a zombie apocalypse. Manage survivors' skills and morale to cooperate in surviving disasters. Find food, weapons, medicine, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 36.3%, Survival 21.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, RPG 13.4%, Base Building 10.9%
- #22 Mighty Castles
82% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
Mighty Castles is a Tower Defense game with RPG elements. Defend your castle from the evil undead. Use strategy and arrange your buildings around the game world, which will become the main support in your defense. Upgrade every tower skill and use tactics in battle!
Why similar: Zombies 41.6%, RPG 36.5%, Survival 21.9%
- #23 New Outbreak
82% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: 0BennymanPub: LootBit
Windows
New Outbreak is a 2D top-down zombie survival game. It allows you to survive how you want, build the things you want and take care of your companion.
Why similar: Zombies 32.3%, Survival 18.5%, Gore 18.3%, Violent 17%, Sandbox 13.9%
- #24 Dead Metro
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trust me bro Studio
Windows
Step into DEAD METRO, where each boundary hides a new world. Survive relentless zombies, shifting landscapes, and unpredictable alliances. Adapt or perish.
Why similar: Zombies 43.6%, Base Building 26.9%, Survival 18.9%, Third Person 6.1%, Gore 2.1%
- #25 Shadows of Kurgansk
81% 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 35.8%, Survival 26.8%, RPG 20.2%, Sandbox 15.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #26 小小英雄生存
80% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Re.Chao
Windows
《Small Hero Survive》 is a single player vampire like monster building and survival game. Here, you will choose characters and weapons, build your own village. Use different weapons to unlock character skills and defeat more enemies.
Why similar: RPG 38.1%, Base Building 26.4%, Survival 21.5%, Third Person 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #27 Forlorn Society
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Software
Windows
In a world overrun by zombies, every supply run is a battle. Scavenge weapons, face undead horrors, and protect your loot from hostile players. Survival isn’t just about fighting—it’s about choosing who to trust.
Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Zombies 21.4%, Sandbox 20.3%, Survival 13.4%, Gore 7.7%
- #28 Survivor Alliance
78% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: LV WEI
Windows
Go hunt zombies! Survivor Alliance is a survivor like game that combines zombie and pigeon elements, strengthening oneself through repeated choices and constantly improving in a world full of crises. Use strategies and operations to fight until the last moment.
Why similar: Zombies 44.1%, RPG 27.3%, Survival 13.7%, Gore 7%, Violent 6.5%
- #29 DARKEST DAYS
77% matchMixed49% of 4,887 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 35.4%, Survival 19.6%, Base Building 17.1%, RPG 15.9%, Gore 5.4%
- #30 Lifeless
79% 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 49.6%, Survival 23.7%, Gore 14.5%, Violent 12.2%
- #31 Rules of Nature
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BombGame
Windows
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival game set during a zombie outbreak. As one of the few survivors, you must explore towns to scavenge supplies, remain vigilant against zombie attacks, recruit fellow survivors, and build your survivor base. Stay alive!
Why similar: Zombies 28.7%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 16.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, RPG 13.6%
- #32 The Survivors
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Guygames
Windows
You crashed near a city infested by an unknown virus, you discover a world of nightmare infested with zombies but also by fanatics. Deliver yourself, craft, build and fight for your survival and the other survivors that populate this world in this survival game.
Why similar: Zombies 37%, Base Building 23.7%, Survival 22.7%, RPG 11.1%, Third Person 4.4%
- #33 FERAN
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andy Games
Windows · Linux
FERAN is a single-player survival FPS set in a ruined post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge dangerous zones, survive brutal firefights, manage scarce resources and uncover what happened to your unit.
Why similar: Survival 34%, Zombies 33.9%, Sandbox 17.3%, RPG 7.2%, Third Person 6.8%
- #34 血战夹皮沟
76% matchMixed59% of 133 reviews2019
Dev: 不想上班工作室™Pub: 大沃电艺
Windows
这是一款由资深玩家制作的,类似《骑马与砍杀》玩法的,融合了沙盒、策略、经营、贸易、生存、战斗、角色扮演元素的俯视角动作射击游戏。
Why similar: RPG 27.3%, Gore 18.8%, Violent 18%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 10.9%
- #35 SurrounDead
74% matchVery Positive92% of 24,675 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.8 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 44.4%, Survival 24.1%, Base Building 14.6%, RPG 10%, Third Person 5%
- #36 How to Survive 2
75% matchMixed69% of 11,000 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 41.8%, Survival 26.9%, Base Building 13.8%, RPG 9.3%, Gore 4.5%
- #37 Mist Survival
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,117 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 35.4%, Survival 28.2%, Base Building 18.8%, Sandbox 9.2%, Violent 3.6%
- #38 VEIN
72% matchVery Positive89% of 10,178 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 31.7%, Base Building 23.5%, Survival 21.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, RPG 11.4%
- #39 Isolation Edge
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EzGameStudio
Windows
Isolation Edge is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a desolate world reclaimed by zombies. Traverse dangerous zones to scavenge, craft gear, and build your fortress to endure the relentless hordes. The past is lost, but on this isolated edge, every breath is a victory worth fighting for.
Why similar: Zombies 31.5%, Base Building 20.8%, Survival 19.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, RPG 12.2%
- #40 The Withering
74% matchMixed49% of 369 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 47.8%, RPG 22.5%, Survival 21.3%, Violent 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #41 DEAD RISING®
73% matchVery Positive88% of 7,126 reviews2016
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
Why similar: Zombies 52.9%, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Gore 9.9%, Third Person 8.6%
- #42 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
73% 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 34.1%, Survival 18.1%, RPG 13.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Gore 9.5%
- #43 Survival Journals
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elven WorkshopPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Survive with your choices and fortify your safehouse in this text based adventure. The Horde's on it's way, will you be ready when it arrives?
Why similar: RPG 28.6%, Zombies 28.2%, Survival 22%, Base Building 19.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #44 Dive Into The Survival
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Modak Studio
Windows
[Dive Into The Survival] is a cooperative zombie apocalypse survival game.
Why similar: Zombies 32.4%, Base Building 26.3%, Survival 19.9%, RPG 14.3%, Third Person 6.7%
- #45 末路希冀
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: 攸心工作室Pub: VVAI 社
Windows
《末路希冀》是一款设定在末世后的生存冒险游戏。你将为了在凶险的末世生存而竭尽全力,并为了生存下来的希冀而踏上冒险的旅途。整理好你的装备,选择你在末世生存的道具,末世的旅途在就脚下
Why similar: Zombies 50.7%, Survival 24.7%, Sandbox 23%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #46 Nova Genetics
71% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: ResidePub: ObligeNet
Windows
Nova Genetics is open-world sci-fi zombie survival game. With focus on survivability/exploration and quick decision making. Should you try to run and live to fight another day or build outposts and fight against threat hordes.
Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, RPG 21.6%, Zombies 21.1%, Survival 21%, Third Person 8.1%
- #47 WhyTaoism
70% matchNo user reviews2080
Dev: Dust
Windows
Why Taoism Is an adventure game that explores spirituality and transcendence. In this game, players will take on the role of a group of beings who follow the legends of the ancient immortals and hope to ascend in order to transcend.
Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, Sandbox 22.6%, RPG 20%, Survival 15.4%, Third Person 11.6%
- #48 Necrocyte
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FloatSurvival
Windows
Necrocyte is a stylized open-world zombie survival game. In a world overrun by the Zombies, survival is your only goal. Explore, fight, and endure as you face relentless horrors in a brutal, unforgiving landscape. The infected are everywhere — they will hunt you down without mercy.
Why similar: Zombies 34.1%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 18.4%, RPG 13.8%, Sandbox 13%
- #49 Zafehouse: Diaries
70% 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 46.5%, Survival 23.2%, RPG 21.7%, Sandbox 7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #50 Unfear Day
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Norman Studio
Windows
it is an open world multiplayer survival game that combines sandbox and simulation elements, including base building, NPC recruitment, community building, and the fusion of zombie growth elements and major event elements.
Why similar: Zombies 34.3%, Base Building 25%, Survival 19.2%, Sandbox 16.3%, Third Person 5.2%
- #51 Squareface
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: VAN CUBO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A 3rd person action-RPG that puts you in full control of a miniature paper figurine set to solve the mystery of its existence. The game features complex character customization and weapons arsenal, base building, driving, accessory and ally management.
Why similar: RPG 42.8%, Zombies 38.2%, Survival 19%
- #52 HumanitZ
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,745 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 32.2%, Base Building 22%, Survival 19%, Sandbox 13.8%, RPG 11.4%
- #53 Zombie Shooter 2
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 886 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Just choose a character to the liking, get experience to develop skills, earn money and spend it at weapons, medications and useful devices. All of this will be used against thousands of enemies. The zombies fill the game screen, never letting you rest, even for a minute.
Why similar: Zombies 60.5%, RPG 24.3%, Gore 14.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #54 Infectonator: Survivors
68% matchMixed67% of 1,156 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 51.5%, Survival 23.8%, RPG 14.5%, Gore 5.2%, Violent 4.4%
- #55 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,230 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom Game Studio VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
Why similar: Zombies 57.3%, Survival 13.8%, Gore 10.6%, Sandbox 7.5%, Third Person 6%
- #56 The Escapists: The Walking Dead
68% matchMixed64% of 892 reviews2015
Dev: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.
Why similar: Zombies 61.3%, Survival 26%, RPG 6.5%, Gore 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #57 Fort Zombie
67% 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: RPG 42%, Zombies 22.9%, Gore 18.9%, Violent 16.2%
- #58 Lannath
69% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Chris Bicknese
Windows
Lannath is a Horror-RPG where you accumulate insanity and watch the world plunge into madness. Generate randomized worlds with customizable features to create a totally unique experience each time you play.
Why similar: RPG 28.6%, Zombies 19.9%, Gore 15.1%, Violent 14%, Survival 11.4%
- #59 Zombie Watch
67% matchMixed42% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Wildlak
Windows
Top-down open world single player / survival / RPG game with zombies and wildlife.
Why similar: Zombies 39.7%, Survival 31.5%, RPG 28.8%
- #60 Dead Rising® 2
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,685 reviews2010
Dev: Capcom VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground.
Why similar: Zombies 60%, Survival 11.3%, Gore 8.7%, Sandbox 8.4%, Third Person 7.4%