- #1 Subterrain
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,399 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Open World Survival Craft 19% ★, Zombies 12.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Top-Down 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that shares the same focus on sci-fi horror, resource management, and environmental threats.
- #2 Project Zomboid
96% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 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: Survival 23.6%, Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Zombies 19.6%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive top-down zombie survival experience that matches the hardcore, unforgiving nature of Frozen State.
- #3 Dead State: Reanimated
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,564 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 38.9%, Survival 31.1%, RPG 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 4.6%, Horror 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, top-down zombie survival RPG that focuses heavily on base management and group survival.
- #4 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,885 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.
Why similar: Survival 22.4%, Zombies 19.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action-RPG that captures the post-apocalyptic, gritty atmosphere and tactical combat of the seed game.
- #5 The Long Dark
94% matchVery Positive89% of 123,946 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Survival 27.6%, Open World 9.3%, Crafting 7%, Exploration 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: While first-person, it is the gold standard for cold-weather survival and perfectly mirrors the freezing, isolated struggle of Frozen State.
- #6 Darkwood
94% matchVery Positive95% of 25,035 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Survival 27.2%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Horror 15.6%, Open World 13.6%, RPG 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival horror game that excels at building tension and atmosphere through limited visibility and brutal combat.
- #7 State of Decay
93% 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 32.8%, Survival 28.5%, Open World 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 5.9%, RPG 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A seminal zombie survival game that focuses on base building and managing a community in a hostile, open world.
- #8 DYSMANTLE
91% matchVery Positive91% of 11,622 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.2 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: Survival 24.7%, Zombies 20.2%, Crafting 15.2%, Open World 12.1%, Top-Down 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting, exploration, and clearing out hordes of infected creatures.
- #9 Fade to Silence
92% matchMixed62% of 1,337 reviews2019
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Survival 25.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.1%, RPG 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a frozen, post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes gathering resources and managing cold-weather mechanics.
- #10 How to Survive
91% matchVery Positive83% of 17,106 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: Survival 24.8%, Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Zombies 23.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival Horror 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-survival game that tasks players with crafting tools and managing needs while fighting off zombie swarms.
- #11 Winter Survival
89% matchMixed63% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Survival 20.4%, Open World 10%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Crafting 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated survival experience focused on the harsh realities of living in a frozen wilderness with deep crafting and survival systems.
- #12 DESOLATE
90% matchMixed66% of 8,065 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
Why similar: Survival 34.2%, Zombies 20.9%, Open World 16%, Horror 15%, Survival Horror 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game that shares the dark, mysterious, and dangerous atmosphere of a ruined world.
- #13 SurrounDead
89% matchVery Positive91% of 27,054 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.9 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 26.9%, Survival 25.6%, Open World Survival Craft 17.6% ★, Open World 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A singleplayer-focused zombie survival game that offers a vast, open world with deep looting and survival mechanics.
- #14 Mist Survival
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,394 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Survival 24.9%, Zombies 18.4%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on building a base and defending against zombies while navigating a dangerous, changing environment.
- #15 Survivalist
87% 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: Survival 23.4%, Zombies 20.1%, Open World Survival Craft 15.5% ★, Open World 7.6%, Crafting 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, zombie-themed RPG that focuses on building settlements and managing relationships with other survivors.
- #16 Miscreated
86% matchMixed66% of 31,592 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Survival 22.8%, Zombies 15.2%, Open World 9%, Crafting 7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that features a detailed, post-apocalyptic open world with a heavy emphasis on scavenging and player interaction.
- #17 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,509 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Survival 18.3%, Zombies 17.8%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, top-down roguelike that focuses on the tactical survival aspects of navigating a zombie-infested city.
- #18 HumanitZ
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,430 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.7 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: Survival 16.5%, Zombies 16.1%, Open World Survival Craft 15.7% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, open-world zombie survival game that emphasizes base building and scavenging in a post-outbreak world.
- #19 Sheltered
85% matchVery Positive82% of 6,286 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 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 50.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Crafting 10%, Resource Management 7.3%, RPG 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down resource management game that forces you to keep your family alive in a post-apocalyptic bunker.
- #20 Shadows of Kurgansk
86% matchMixed66% of 225 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: Survival 27.4%, Zombies 21.5%, Crafting 11.9%, RPG 8.6%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that blends horror and exploration in a mysterious, hostile zone filled with anomalies and threats.
- #21 NEO Scavenger
83% matchVery Positive90% of 5,426 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Survival 41.4%, Crafting 15%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, RPG 8.9%, Inventory Management 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, turn-based survival game that captures the desperate, scavenging-focused gameplay of a post-apocalyptic world.
- #22 Project Winter
82% matchVery Positive82% of 19,080 reviews2019
Dev: Other Ocean InteractivePub: Other Ocean Group
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.
Why similar: Survival 46.1%, Crafting 33%, Exploration 11%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that centers on surviving the freezing cold while dealing with hidden traitors in the group.
- #23 Savage Lands
82% matchMixed54% of 6,690 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 23%, Crafting 11.3%, Open World 9.6%, RPG 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a harsh, unforgiving fantasy world.
- #24 Outbreak Island
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,124 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 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: Survival 23.7%, Zombies 14.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that tasks players with investigating a mysterious island while managing resources and fighting off infected.
- #25 Radiation Island
81% matchVery Positive81% of 642 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Survival 25%, Zombies 15.9%, Crafting 6.5%, Open World 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on crafting and exploration in a mysterious, dangerous environment.
- #26 Ice Station Z
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 210 reviews2021
Dev: Wobbly Tooth
Windows
Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.
Why similar: Zombies 29.6%, Open World 17%, Sandbox 16.2%, Survival Horror 13%, Exploration 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a frozen, isolated environment that forces players to manage hunger, thirst, and warmth.
- #27 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
80% matchMixed54% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: MubDev
Windows
A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Survival 22.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 10.7%, Survival Horror 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist survival game that focuses entirely on the struggle against extreme cold and resource scarcity.
- #28 Death Road to Canada
79% matchVery Positive93% of 10,537 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
Why similar: Zombies 51.2%, Survival 33.1%, RPG 8.6%, Action 4.6%, Indie 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, action-packed zombie survival game that emphasizes resource management and difficult decision-making.
- #29 Deadly Flare
78% matchMixed55% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Green Grass Games
Windows
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Survival 19.2%, Zombies 14.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Open World 8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes base building and crafting in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic environment.
- #30 iZolated
76% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: Zombies 14.1%, Survival 13%, Open World Survival Craft 12.8% ★, Crafting 9.1%, Horror 8.5%
- #31 The Wild Eight
77% matchMixed68% of 8,131 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Survival 27.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.4%, Survival Horror 4.1%
- #32 LifeZ - Survival
78% 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Survival 19.2%, Zombies 18.4%, Crafting 7.2%, RPG 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game that focuses on the core loop of scavenging, crafting, and building to stay alive.
- #33 ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
74% matchVery Positive86% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: Cherrypick GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.
Why similar: Survival 20.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.7%, Open World 10.6%
- #34 Fragmented
77% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Survival 25.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 4.5%
- #35 Chernobylite Complete Edition
74% matchVery Positive82% of 15,629 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Survival 25.8%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Horror 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
- #36 No One Survived
72% matchMixed64% of 7,844 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Survival 27.8%, Zombies 21%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 11.9%, Survival Horror 10.4%
- #37 Herd is Coming
75% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.2% ★, Zombies 15.6%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 10%, Open World 8.1%
- #38 SKYHILL
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,780 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 40.1%, Zombies 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Crafting 9.9%, RPG 6.7%
- #39 State of Decay: YOSE
73% matchVery Positive82% of 13,199 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 31.7%, Survival 29.8%, Open World 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 5.7%, Survival Horror 5.4%
- #40 Distrust: Polar Survival
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,560 reviews2017
Dev: CheerdealersPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DISTRUST is an isometric survival adventure with procedural generation on an Arctic research station lost in the endless dark of a polar night. A story-rich fiction with multiple endings that suits both singleplayer fans and co-op enthusiasts.
Why similar: Survival 28.4%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Isometric 16.9%, Horror 13.8%, Top-Down 12.8%
- #41 ZIC: Survival
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.2% ★, Zombies 11.9%, Survival 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Crafting 8.2%
- #42 Frozen Ship
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Nionetix
Windows
Frozen Ship is an open-world survival game where you manage an entire city on wheels. Building, crafting, research, medicine, resource gathering, and hunting — you decide what your people will do and how your city will develop.
Why similar: Survival 35.9%, Crafting 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Resource Management 12.1%, Exploration 8.4%
- #43 The Forest
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 683,269 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.8% ★, Survival 22.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Open World 8.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #44 Drive 4 Survival
71% matchMixed65% of 304 reviews2020
Dev: M3M Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!
Why similar: Survival 23.2%, Zombies 18.1%, Open World 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Crafting 8.9%
- #45 FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate
70% matchVery Positive86% of 530 reviews2018
Dev: Alex Olinkiewicz
Windows
Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?
Why similar: Survival 24.9%, Zombies 22.2%, Horror 21.3%, Survival Horror 20%, Action 5.3%
- #46 Dead Age
70% matchVery Positive82% of 5,612 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 36%, Survival 26.1%, RPG 14.2%, Crafting 8.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%
- #47 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Survival 19%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Open World 9.2%, RPG 8.7%
- #48 Vorax
69% matchMixed60% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Survival 18.6%, Zombies 17.8%, Crafting 14%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Open World 9.9%
- #49 Soviet Survival
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Zombies 20.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Isometric 9.9%
- #50 Vortex: The Gateway
70% matchMixed57% of 399 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40% ★, Survival 24%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 8.7%, Survival Horror 8%
- #51 ICY: Frostbite Edition
68% matchVery Positive86% of 403 reviews2017
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.
Why similar: Survival 57.9%, RPG 30.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Indie 3%
- #52 The Last Disease Z
66% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Bublig
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Zombies 18.3%, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 8.8%
- #53 Scavland
64% matchVery Positive84% of 983 reviews2026
Dev: NoShadow
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Scavland is a hardcore Top-Down Pixel Art survival RPG set in a Post-Apocalyptic Soviet world. Scavenge the wastes and forgotten bunkers, take dangerous jobs, build your reputation, and customize your arsenal as you fight to survive mutants, hostile survivors, radiation, and the deadly Mist.
Why similar: Survival 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Open World 11.9%, Isometric 11%, Top-Down 9%
- #54 Project Cobalt
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Open World 8.9%
- #55 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
69% matchMixed50% of 164 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: Survival 24.1%, Zombies 23.7%, RPG 11%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.9%
- #56 Fallen Region
69% matchMixed42% of 198 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Survival 21.1%, Zombies 18.8%, Open World Survival Craft 18.7% ★, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 7.9%
- #57 Decision: Red Daze
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 905 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Survival 24.9%, Zombies 24.7%, Open World 11.6%, Isometric 9%, RPG 8.6%
