- #1 Survivor Squad
97% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.
Why similar: Zombies 52.9%, Indie 18.9%, Action 10%, Survival 9.9%, Real Time Tactics 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a team of survivors in a top-down perspective, focusing on scavenging and tactical combat against zombie hordes.
- #2 Infectonator: Survivors
96% matchMixed67% of 1,161 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 47.3%, Indie 12.7%, RPG 9.5%, Survival 9.4%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar blend of strategy and survival where you must manage a group of survivors through a zombie-infested landscape.
- #3 Atom Zombie Smasher
96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,103 reviews2011
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.
Why similar: Zombies 40.4%, RTS 14%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Indie 8.8%, Action 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the top-down RTS zombie-survival feel with a focus on tactical evacuation and area control.
- #4 Zombie Commander
95% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Pok&Co
Windows
Zombie Commander is a strategy game about bringing the extinction of humanity by a zombies invasion, and lead the apocalpyse !
Why similar: Zombies 49.5%, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Retro 6.7%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct RTS experience that focuses on commanding units to survive and fight back against waves of zombies.
- #5 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,047 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Zombies 47.4%, RPG 17.4%, Survival 12.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines turn-based strategy with base management and survival, mirroring the city-reclaiming aspects of the seed game.
- #6 Deadly 30
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,876 reviews2014
Dev: Ignatus Zuk and Gonzalo Villagomez
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Can you survive the horror? … a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a zombie-infested world by recruiting companions, upgrading weaponry and fortifying your position.
Why similar: Zombies 52.2%, Indie 22.5%, Action 14.2%, Survival 8.4%, Retro 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a retro aesthetic and side-scrolling survival gameplay where you must fortify your position and hold off zombies each night.
- #7 Cepheus Protocol
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,742 reviews2020
Dev: Halcyon Winds
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 40.9%, RTS 15.6%, Survival 9.5%, Indie 9.1%, Sandbox 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a more modern RTS approach to the zombie apocalypse, emphasizing base defense and large-scale tactical management.
- #8 Dead Age
92% matchVery Positive82% of 5,605 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 45.4%, RPG 18.2%, Indie 9.6%, Survival 8.4%, Simulation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This RPG-survival hybrid focuses on resource management and turn-based combat, capturing the tension of surviving in a zombie-ridden city.
- #9 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,475 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 49.1%, RPG 13.7%, Survival 12.8%, Indie 7.6%, Sandbox 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep survival roguelike that emphasizes crafting, exploration, and managing resources to survive the apocalypse.
- #10 Dead Pixels
91% matchVery Positive87% of 2,425 reviews2012
Dev: CSR-Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 58.1%, Indie 13.7%, Action 9.2%, RPG 5.7%, Survival 5%
Why You'll Like It: This retro-styled shooter captures the same low-fi zombie survival atmosphere with a focus on scavenging and progression.
- #11 Zelter
90% matchMixed47% of 1,975 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 53.4%, Survival 12.9%, Simulation 7.6%, RPG 7.3%, Survival Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art survival game that emphasizes crafting, base building, and defending against waves of zombies.
- #12 Dying Breed
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: SarnayerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.
Why similar: Zombies 44.8%, RTS 22.1%, Tactical 10.7%, Action 10.2%, Retro 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired RTS that focuses on base building and tactical combat in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #13 Highrisers
89% matchMostly Negative38% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Zombies 33.3%, RPG 18.4%, Indie 16%, Survival 13.4%, Retro 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game focuses on resource management and crafting while navigating a vertical, zombie-filled urban environment.
- #14 Rebirth evolution
88% matchMixed64% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
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: Zombies 43.7%, RTS 14.2%, Survival 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Simulation 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the base-building and city-management aspects of surviving a post-apocalyptic world.
- #15 Nearly Dead
86% matchMixed46% of 301 reviews2021
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, RPG 25.2%, Indie 24.3%, Action 12.7%, Survival 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines RPG elements with tactical strategy in a brutal zombie survival setting.
- #16 Project Zomboid
84% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 53.4%, Survival 16.3%, RPG 7.1%, Indie 6.8%, Sandbox 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive zombie survival experience that offers unparalleled depth in crafting, base building, and resource management.
- #17 They Are Coming
84% matchVery Positive90% of 632 reviews2023
Dev: OnHit Developments
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
They Are Coming is a hybrid game that combines roguelike, tower defense, and base building in a side-scrolling shooter format. It offers a straightforward gaming experience for pure enjoyment.
Why similar: Zombies 51%, Indie 19.5%, Survival 12%, Action 8.2%, Sandbox 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action game that focuses on the core loop of surviving against massive waves of zombies.
- #18 Undeadz!
87% matchMixed42% of 69 reviews2015
Dev: Miguel Lleras
Windows
Undeadz! is an open world Zombie Survival game with a retro art style!
Why similar: Zombies 50%, Indie 27.9%, Action 16.4%, Retro 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action game that focuses on open-world survival and fighting off waves of the undead.
- #19 Dead State: Reanimated
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,562 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 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 60.7%, RPG 16%, Survival 12.3%, Indie 4.6%, Tactical 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that focuses on the social and logistical challenges of managing a shelter during a zombie outbreak.
- #20 Envy the Dead
85% matchMixed66% of 244 reviews2016
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 42.9%, RPG 21.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Indie 7.9%, Survival 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game that requires careful management of resources and survivor morale.
- #21 7 Days to Die
78% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 57.3%, Survival 19%, Simulation 8.2%, Action 7.9%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a robust voxel-based world where base building and fortification are essential to surviving the nightly zombie hordes.
- #22 The Last Stand: Aftermath
81% matchVery Positive81% of 6,743 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 65.5%, Survival 14.9%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 7.2%, Top-Down 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-action game that emphasizes exploration and scavenging while dealing with the constant threat of infection.
- #23 DYSMANTLE
79% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 39%, RPG 12.7%, Survival 12.1%, Indie 9.3%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the satisfying loop of scavenging and crafting while exploring a ruined world filled with zombies.
- #24 Zombie Watch
82% matchMixed42% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Wildlak
Windows
Top-down open world single player / survival / RPG game with zombies and wildlife.
Why similar: Zombies 35.2%, RPG 18.3%, Indie 18.2%, Survival 12%, Adventure 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A casual survival game that emphasizes base building and gathering resources in a stylized world.
- #25 Survivalist
81% matchVery Positive80% of 2,569 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 42.4%, Survival 12.6%, RPG 12.5%, RTS 8.8%, Action 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends survival, crafting, and base building with a focus on managing relationships with other survivors.
- #26 Dead Horde
83% matchMostly Negative34% of 658 reviews2011
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
As a survivor of the mutant virus, make your way through the city and wipe out the hordes of flesh eating mutants. Teamwork is the key to survive the DEAD HORDE...
Why similar: Zombies 63.9%, Indie 18.1%, Action 12.8%, Survival 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-packed survival game that focuses on fast-paced combat against massive zombie swarms.
- #27 State of Decay: YOSE
80% matchVery Positive82% of 13,143 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.2 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 61.6%, Survival 14.7%, RPG 7.4%, Action 5.1%, Simulation 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive open-world experience centered on base building, scavenging, and managing a community of survivors.
- #28 Shadows of Kurgansk
82% matchMixed67% of 224 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 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 33.2%, Indie 13.4%, RPG 13.4%, Survival 10.7%, Simulation 9%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-adventure game focuses on exploration and crafting within a mysterious, dangerous zone.
- #29 Sheltered
79% matchVery Positive82% of 6,278 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Survival 40.4%, RPG 21.6%, Indie 15.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy survival game where you must keep your family alive inside a bunker while scavenging for supplies.
- #30 How to Survive
78% matchVery Positive83% of 17,098 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 58.5%, Survival 15.7%, RPG 8.9%, Action 7%, Adventure 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that emphasizes crafting gear and managing basic needs in a hostile environment.
- #31 Dead Engine
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
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 48.3%, Indie 13.8%, Survival 10.2%, Action 9.7%, Adventure 7.1%
- #32 Invasion: Brain Craving
77% matchMixed45% of 350 reviews2016
Dev: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It's the zombie-slaying survival game with JRPG elements you didn't know you wanted! Get swarmed by zombies in active-time battles, search for other survivors, eat and most importantly: SURVIVE!
Why similar: Indie 62.4%, RPG 15.7%, Adventure 8.1%, Action 5.9%, Simulation 5.2%
- #33 ZIC: Survival
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Zombies 48.2%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 9.6%
- #34 Eaten Alive
77% matchMostly Negative38% of 533 reviews2015
Dev: Space Cat StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Eaten Alive is a Point and Click, Adventure, Horror game with Puzzle and Mystery game-play elements. Take control of 'Mia' six years after the apocalypse began, the dead don't stay dead and the earth is in a permanent state of darkness. This game contains adult themes.
Why similar: Indie 45.2%, Zombies 39.8%, Survival 6.7%, Adventure 4.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%
- #35 Zombie Shooter 2
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 894 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.8 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 55.1%, RPG 15.8%, Indie 15%, Action 11.6%, Top-Down 2.4%
- #36 ZED ZONE
72% matchVery Positive81% of 3,661 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 45.2%, RPG 12.5%, Survival 11.6%, Action 7.4%, Simulation 7.3%
- #37 V1RUZ
74% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Polyverse GamesPub: Polyverse Studio
Windows
In V1RUZ, you see yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic in the USA. Learn how to craft weapons, tools and fight against the living and the dead to survive in this cruel, rotting world.
Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Indie 25.9%, Action 15.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Adventure 14.9%
- #38 Forsaken Fortress Strategy
76% matchMostly Negative33% of 198 reviews2015
Dev: Photon ArenaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Forsaken Fortress Strategy is a squad based, survival strategy game focused on base building and scavenging.
Why similar: RPG 44.7%, Indie 34.9%, Simulation 20.4%
- #39 After Long Night
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
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 45.3%, RTS 17.8%, Survival 9.8%, Real Time Tactics 8.1%, Simulation 7.4%
- #40 Waves of Rotting Flesh
73% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Chim Ruoi Games
Windows
A wave based FPS where you defend a barricaded house against increasing hordes of the dead.
Why similar: Zombies 60%, Action 24%, Retro 10%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #41 Cards of the Dead
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Boomfire GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 41.9%, RPG 12.7%, Survival 9.2%, Simulation 8.8%, Action 8.8%
- #42 C-Wars
74% matchMixed47% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: Onipunks
Windows · Mac
C-Wars is pixel action game with strategy, rogue-like flavor, and a 16-bit graphics which is retro enough to bring you back to 90's. If you love challenge, pixel art, and occasionally play FPS, then C-Wars is worth to try out.
Why similar: Zombies 34.8%, Indie 28.6%, RPG 20.8%, Action 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #43 They Are Coming!
72% matchMixed48% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Wild Pepper Games
Windows
They are coming! Ravenous, insatiable, and absolutely unstoppable zombies, a Wunderwaffe that went horribly wrong. It’s up to you to usher in the age of the zombie, by munching on every brain in sight! Build up a horde, dodge enemy weapons, and gnaw a mark on human history!
Why similar: Zombies 73.6%, Action 15.5%, Survival 10.9%
- #44 Zombie Diner Simulator 🥩 💀
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Octo Games studio
Windows
Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!
Why similar: Zombies 60.8%, Simulation 13.7%, Action 13.5%, Adventure 12%
- #45 LifeZ - Survival
71% 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 42.3%, RPG 12.6%, Indie 11.4%, Survival 11.2%, Simulation 7.8%
- #46 Junk Survivor
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
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 48.2%, Survival 12.4%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%
- #47 BARRICADEZ
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Fly Penguin inc.
Windows · Mac
Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.
Why similar: Zombies 59%, Indie 20.8%, Survival 10.8%, Tactical 9.3%
- #48 Zombie Grinder
70% matchMixed66% of 295 reviews2015
Dev: TwinDrills
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cross-platform, cooperative, multiplayer, zombie death-fest. Slaughter your way through many different maps, game modes and enemies - With tons of weapons and customization options!
Why similar: Zombies 39.8%, RPG 18.3%, Indie 17.6%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 10.1%
- #49 Age of Undead
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: Zombies 54.5%, RTS 27.2%, Tactical 10%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%
- #50 Outbreak Island
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,082 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 39.4%, RPG 16.7%, Survival 16.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Action 9%
- #51 Vultures - Scavengers of Death
65% matchVery Positive81% of 587 reviews2026
Dev: Team VulturesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
VULTURES is a tactical turn-based survival horror, inspired by 90's survival horror classics. As an operative, scavenge the infested metropolis for materials and information that could cure the infection plaguing the world.
Why similar: Zombies 48.1%, RPG 16%, Tactical RPG 12.4%, Retro 8.1%, Action 7.8%
- #52 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!
Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, Indie 21.9%, Action 13.2%, Survival 9.6%, Real Time Tactics 9%
- #53 Rabiez: Epidemic
71% matchMixed44% of 250 reviews2016
Dev: Sekerin ProductionsPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Real-time combat in the zombie apocalypse! Guide your survivors through hordes of the infected to escape the epicentre of infection!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Survival Zombies The Inverted Evolution
68% matchMixed58% of 1,116 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Survival Zombies is a bloody chaotic survival first person shooter that pits heavily armed players against humanity's greatest fear - hordes of undead.
Why similar: Zombies 50.5%, Indie 17.7%, Action 11.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Simulation 9.7%
- #55 Zombie Simulator
67% matchVery Positive81% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: ZHANG FANPub: SHEN JIAWEI
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Huge Wave of Zombies Are Coming! Control hundreds of swarming zombies to conquer the entire city!
Why similar: Zombies 44.9%, Action 18.1%, Simulation 15.7%, Survival 12.9%, Indie 8.4%
- #56 DREADZONE
65% matchMixed51% of 1,210 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
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 60.6%, Survival 19.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Action 8.7%
- #57 Extra Lives
66% matchVery Positive89% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: MDickie
Windows
See how long you can survive in a world full of brainless zombies and heartless humans! Find your place among hundreds of other characters spread across several warring factions, and battle to reclaim every corner of a sprawling city in real-time.
Why similar: Zombies 83.1%, Survival Horror 16.9%
- #58 UNDEAD FACTORY:Zombie Pandemic
68% matchMixed57% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: BTD STUDIO Co.,ltd.
Windows
Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!
Why similar: Zombies 52.5%, RTS 26.2%, Indie 21.3%
- #59 Undead World
65% matchVery Positive89% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: Undead World Team
Windows · Linux
Action rpg that containst fast-Paced combat and survival elements. Use your skills to defeat the Undead.
Why similar: RPG 82.9%, Action 17.1%