Games Like Fallout 76

From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.8%, Open World 29.5%, RPG 8.7%, Survival 6.1%, Shooter 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest single-player counterpart to Fallout 76, with Bethesda’s first-person wasteland exploration, settlement building, crafting, and constant scavenging.

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35%, Open World 30.6%, RPG 13.6%, Survival 5.9%, FPS 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: If you want the richest Fallout role-playing, faction politics, and darkly funny post-nuclear writing, New Vegas nails the series’ tone even without the multiplayer layer.

Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Open World 14.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Survival 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This shared-world survival shooter mirrors Fallout 76’s mix of open-world exploration, crafting, base-building, boss fights, and teaming up in a devastated landscape.

Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.6%, Open World 32.7%, RPG 14.1%, FPS 5.4%, Shooter 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the classic Bethesda loop of wandering a ruined America, looting every shack, and stumbling into quests and stories around every corner.

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: Open World 21.9%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It scratches the same scavenging-and-home-building itch by letting you explore an open world, gather supplies, and grow a community with co-op support.

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: Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Open World 16%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op exploration, emergent firefights, bunker looting, and lonely retro-apocalypse vibe make it a strong match for Fallout 76’s wandering-with-friends appeal.

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: Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Open World 17.8%, Survival 17.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: This leans harder into survival and construction, but the loop of roaming a hostile wasteland, crafting gear, and defending a player-made base lines up very well.

Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.

Why similar: MMORPG 33.5% ★, Open World 25.3%, Multiplayer 17%, RPG 13.6%, Exploration 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It translates Bethesda-style questing, build variety, and map-clearing into a multiplayer format, even if the setting is fantasy instead of post-nuclear.

Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.

Why similar: Open World 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Co-op 11.9%, FPS 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: You get a colorful post-collapse America, scavenging progression, outpost clearing, and light co-op in a more action-forward take on the formula.

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.8%, Open World 26.9%, Survival 14.9%, FPS 9.2%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps Fallout’s comedy for dread, but its open-world anomaly hunting, survival systems, and scavenger-shooter atmosphere are a natural fit.

The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

Why similar: Open World 42.7%, RPG 18.2%, FPS 14.7%, Shooter 10.2%, Exploration 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person RPG combat, questing, and sharp anti-corporate humor feel very close to Fallout’s satirical side.

Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.

Why similar: Open World 30%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Co-op 8.7%, Shooter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its shared-world structure, loot chase, and exploring a collapsed U.S. setting will click if you enjoy Fallout 76 as a social progression shooter.

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: Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 17.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Co-op 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: For players who love the survival tension of Fallout 76’s wasteland, DayZ offers a harsher multiplayer sandbox built around scavenging, emergent encounters, and long treks.

Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.2%, Base Building 20.1%, Survival 18.2%, RPG 10.9%, Horror 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person exploration, scavenging, stealth-or-gunplay, and base management in a radioactive disaster zone.

RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.7%, Open World 27.1%, FPS 11.7%, Gore 8.3%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the loud wasteland gunplay, mutant chaos, and open-world roaming side of Fallout with a much faster shooter feel.

Fallen Earth Classic is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Reloaded Productions and operated by Little Orbit. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located around the American Grand Canyon.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Open World 21.1%, Survival 16.5%, Multiplayer 14.8%, MMORPG 6.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: This older MMOFPS is one of the closest direct cousins to Fallout 76, offering a post-apocalyptic open world full of crafting, vehicles, and faction-based progression.

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: Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Open World 18.9%, Survival 18.7%, Multiplayer 13.7%, MMORPG 10% ★

Why You'll Like It: This MMO survival shooter shares Fallout 76’s mix of exploration, loot progression, and surviving in irradiated, hostile territory.

STALCRAFT: X is the largest open-world online game in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore the world full of mutants and anomalies alone or with friends — unforgettable emotions guaranteed.

Why similar: MMORPG 37.1% ★, Multiplayer 21.2%, FPS 12.2%, Shooter 10.8%, RPG 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its online FPS/MMO blend emphasizes hazardous-zone looting, progression, and group play in a radioactive wasteland.

Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 48.2%, Open World 23%, RPG 20.4%, Great Soundtrack 3.3%, Exploration 2%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks the modern shooter layer, but it remains one of the best sources for Fallout’s signature dark humor, factions, and post-nuclear role-playing.

You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.3%, Open World 24.1%, RPG 21.6%, Exploration 2%, Atmospheric 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: The original still captures the series’ bleak-yet-funny wasteland identity and choice-driven RPG roots better than almost anything else.

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: Open World 31.2%, Survival 21.7%, RPG 11.2%, Gore 10.8%, FPS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeper survival sandbox with persistent multiplayer, base-building, scavenging, and a dangerous open world to master.

Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.

Why similar: Open World 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Multiplayer 13%, Co-op 13%, Survival 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Open-world co-op, survival crafting, and ruined-city exploration make it a good fit if you value Fallout 76’s exploration and teamwork more than its exact setting.

Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.5%, Open World 17.9%, FPS 13%, Shooter 6.7%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a more linear take on wasteland shooting, but its mutant-infested world, scrappy settlements, and junk-tech aesthetic feel very Fallout-adjacent.

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Open World 18.3%, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Deadside focuses on looting, firefights, and building up a secure base in a persistent online survival world.

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 30.4%, Open World 26.6%, Multiplayer 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Co-op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Fallout 76 is camp-building, resource gathering, and the unpredictability of other players, Rust pushes those elements to the extreme.

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: Post-apocalyptic 31.7%, Open World 20.1%, Survival 10.6%, FPS 8.6%, Shooter 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though single-player and more guided, it offers excellent post-apocalyptic scavenging, gun maintenance, and atmospheric exploration across ruined regions.

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: Open World 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Survival 19.7%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Co-op 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op survival game is built around scavenging a ruined open world, crafting tools and weapons, and establishing defensible shelters.

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: Open World 32.6%, Base Building 25.3%, Survival 23.6%, RPG 11.4%, Exploration 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It turns the post-apocalyptic scavenging, crafting, and upgrading loop into a more relaxed but highly compulsive open-world exploration game.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.6%, Survival 20.4%, Open World 19.9%, RPG 13.3%, Exploration 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong spiritual successor to classic Fallout, with a similarly bleak setting, reactive quests, and scrappy survival-RPG tone.

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: Survival 24.9%, Open World 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Co-op 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its deep survival systems, multiplayer servers, and safehouse building reward the same kind of self-directed wasteland stories that make Fallout 76 memorable.

Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

Why similar: Base Building 33.8%, Post-apocalyptic 32.4%, Survival 20.8%, Multiplayer 6%, RPG 3.5%

Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.

Why similar: Open World 51.3%, RPG 22.6%, Exploration 8%, Character Customization 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 5%

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.1%, Open World 30.1%, Survival 13%, FPS 9.1%, Gore 4.8%

The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.

Why similar: Open World 31%, RPG 24.2%, Capitalism 19.4%, Exploration 6.2%, Violent 5.3%

Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.

Why similar: Open World 37.7%, Multiplayer 24.8%, MMORPG 10.3% ★, Shooter 9.1%, Co-op 7.2%

Fallout 4, the legendary post-apocalyptic adventure from Bethesda Game Studios and winner of more than 200 ‘Best Of’ awards, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year, comes in its entirety to VR.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28%, Open World 23.5%, RPG 9%, Survival 8.6%, Base Building 7.2%

Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.1%, Open World 32.3%, RPG 12.3%, FPS 4.7%, Shooter 4%

PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, MMORPG 19% ★, Open World 16.8%, Survival 11%, Multiplayer 10%

MISERY is a 1–5 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: Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Open World 15.7%, Base Building 14%, Survival 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.6%

Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.

Why similar: Open World 44.1%, RPG 24.9%, Exploration 6.9%, Character Customization 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%

Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 61.7%, RPG 17.5%, Open World 13.5%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Atmospheric 1.5%

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: Open World 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Survival 19.6%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Co-op 6.4%

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: Open World 24.2%, Survival 19.2%, Base Building 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

Why similar: Open World 23.5%, Base Building 23.3%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Survival 16.5%, RPG 10.8%

Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, MMORPG 19% ★, Open World 15.4%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Survival 10.4%

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: Open World 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 14.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%

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: Open World 26.1%, Survival 21%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

Why similar: Open World 43.3%, RPG 16.3%, FPS 13%, Violent 6.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%

The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.

Why similar: Open World 23.6%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Co-op 14.9%, RPG 13.7%, FPS 10.2%

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

Why similar: Open World 35.5%, Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Horror 5.1%

A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.

Why similar: Open World 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Co-op 10.2%, MMORPG 10% ★

ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.1%, Open World 27.5%, Survival 19%, RPG 12.2%, Exploration 3.9%

Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.

Why similar: MMORPG 36.6% ★, Open World 31.5%, RPG 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Co-op 5.2%

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: Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Open World 19.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Survival 12%, Base Building 11.3%

Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Open World 16.3%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 11.4%

Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.

Why similar: Open World 24.6%, Multiplayer 23.9%, Co-op 23%, RPG 10.8%, MMORPG 5.4% ★