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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 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Survival 15.4%, Base Building 11%, Open World 9.2%

Build and protect your home after a nuclear apocalypse!

Why similar: Strategy 55.7%, Indie 23.7%, Logic 20.6%

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 40.4%, Survival 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, RPG 8.5%, Strategy 6.4%

This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: Base Building 24.6%, Resource Management 17.9%, Survival 16.2%, Management 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%

An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

Why similar: Base Building 28%, Tactical RPG 17.8%, Survival 11%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 9.9%

Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.

Why similar: Zombies 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11.5%, Character Customization 11.1%

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 24%, Survival 19%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 9.9%

Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.

Why similar: Zombies 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 11.1%, Survival 9.8%

New Day: Cataclysm is a free to play Base Defence game, where you strive to survive day by day against a growing horde of hostile monsters. To keep surviving, you must upgrade your base and weapons with resources found by scavenging during the day.

Why similar: Strategy 26.5%, Base Building 23%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Survival 16.8%, Indie 11.1%

"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.

Why similar: Zombies 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Open World 11.5%

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 34.7%, Survival 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Open World 14.5%, Base Building 10.7%

Rise of Gun - immerses you in a world of zombie apocalypse as a gun store owner. Buy parts, craft, sell, upgrade your store and hire workers. Help to humanity survive

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Dark Humor 16.8%, Zombies 16.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 11.6%

Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 11.3%

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: Base Building 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 24%, Zombies 23.2%, Survival 10.8%, Management 10.2%

The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.4%, Zombies 26.3%, Survival 22%, Open World 11%, Indie 1.4%

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 21.7%, Survival 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Open World 11%

You knew in advance before the zombie crisis breake out, go to the supermarket to buy everything you need! Then stay at home and play your mobile phone in order to survive in this madness!

Why similar: Zombies 18.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Resource Management 12.3%, Survival 11.9%

You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.

Why similar: Base Building 24.5%, Survival 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Strategy 12%, Management 10%

Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 20.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Survival 12.9%, Character Customization 11.9%

2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Zombies 18.6%, Base Building 18%, Survival 14.1%, Character Customization 12.2%

Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Survival 17.1%, RPG 11.1%, Strategy 9.4%

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Zombies 19.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 13.8%

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

Why similar: Zombies 33.3%, Survival 30.4%, Tactical 15.2%, RPG 13.8%, Indie 7.2%

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 31%, Survival 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Open World 14.3%, Crafting 8.6%

Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.9%, Base Building 23.8%, Strategy 20.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 9.6%

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: Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Survival 19.9%, Zombies 17.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Strategy 11.4%

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: Base Building 21%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 13.5%, Management 12.7%

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 23%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Survival 11.3%, Resource Management 8.6%

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Base Building 22%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Survival 17%, Resource Management 9.8%, Crafting 8.9%

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 28.5%, Base Building 22.8%, Survival 17.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Open World 12.8%

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue!

Why similar: Zombies 79.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 10.3%

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 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Survival 14.9%, Open World 13.7%, Base Building 13.4%

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

Why similar: Survival 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Base Building 17.3%, Zombies 17%, Crafting 13%

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 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Survival 18.9%, Open World 11.4%, Strategy 8%

An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 100%

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 30%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Survival 18.7%, Open World 14.2%, Base Building 11.5%

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 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 12.4%

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 27.4%, Survival 19%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%

Forsaken Fortress Strategy is a squad based, survival strategy game focused on base building and scavenging.

Why similar: Strategy 46.3%, RPG 38%, Indie 15.7%

Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.

Why similar: Zombies 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Dark Humor 16%, Resource Management 13.8%, Base Building 13.5%

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 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Survival 16.4%, Base Building 13.1%, Open World 12.4%

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 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 10.9%, Base Building 8.3%

Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Survival 15.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Indie 7.8%

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 32%, Post-apocalyptic 28.5%, Open World 21.4%, Crafting 12.9%, RPG 4.1%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.8%, Survival 18.9%, Base Building 18.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Management 6.4%

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 52.7%, Survival 29%, Open World 11.5%, Indie 6.8%

Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Management 15.9%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 12.2%

How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Tactical RPG 22.3%, Survival 16%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 11%

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 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, Base Building 22.8%, Survival 14.7%, Open World 12.6%

From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...

Why similar: Zombies 39.6%, Post-apocalyptic 39.4%, RPG 12.2%, Survival 8.8%

Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.

Why similar: Base Building 25%, Survival 21.2%, Resource Management 16.7%, Crafting 15.9%, Management 13.1%

Nuclear Day is a story-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the secrets of this world. Fight monsters. Pass tests and solve puzzles. Become your own in this tragic world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.3%, Survival 26.4%, Open World 21.9%, RPG 12.4%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22%, Base Building 21.1%, Survival 20.2%, Resource Management 8.8%, Management 7.5%

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Zombies 24%, Base Building 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Survival 12.4%, Open World 11.4%

Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.

Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 15.1%, Management 10.6%

Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero

Why similar: Base Building 36.5%, Crafting 27.6%, Survival 22.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Indie 3.8%

Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!

Why similar: Zombies 50.3%, Strategy 41.1%, Indie 8.6%

After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Base Building 19.2%, Survival 16.9%, Open World 14%

Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.

Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 13.8%, Character Customization 13.2%