Games Like Generation Zero®

Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.

Why similar: FPS 21%, Open World 20.6%, Co-op 13.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Multiplayer 11%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person open-world resistance shooter captures the same underdog-against-an-occupying-force feel with lots of scavenging and ambushes.

Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.

Why similar: Open World 27.5%, Co-op 17.3%, Shooter 15.7%, Multiplayer 11.5%, FPS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: The huge map, four-player co-op, and roam-anywhere guerrilla-style stealth and firefights mirror Generation Zero's best loop.

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 19.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 13.9%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Crafting 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends atmospheric exploration, scavenging, stealth firefights, and base management in a hostile world much like Generation Zero's survival side.

Become a Ghost, fighting against a rogue spec ops faction called the Wolves, in the latest Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®!

Why similar: Open World 29%, Co-op 24.1%, Shooter 17.2%, Multiplayer 16.1%, FPS 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world co-op tactical shooting, stealthy infiltration, survival touches, and frequent drone encounters make it one of the closest overall matches.

Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Robots 18.8%, FPS 17%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A bleak post-apocalyptic FPS about surviving and fighting relentless machines is an excellent thematic substitute for Generation Zero.

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 31.4%, Open World 30.7%, Horror 19.3%, Survival Horror 5.3%, Crafting 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op first-person survival game captures a similar mix of eerie exploration, scavenging, and fighting through a hostile abandoned region.

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: Base Building 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Co-op 13.5%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op open-world survival shooting, base-building, and dangerous ruined-world exploration align well with Generation Zero's long-session appeal.

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

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

Why You'll Like It: If you want more multiplayer wasteland roaming with looting, camp building, and PvE gunfights, this is one of the best broader alternatives.

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 21.1%, Open World 19.8%, FPS 16.7%, Survival 14.7%, Shooter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its tense first-person exploration, resource pressure, and eerie open-world atmosphere make it a strong fit if you loved Generation Zero's mood.

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: Base Building 21.6%, Survival 18.7%, Open World 18.2%, Co-op 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: The loop of scavenging, improving a base, and surviving dangerous excursions with friends overlaps nicely with Generation Zero's progression structure.

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 16.9%, Survival 14.7%, FPS 13.4%, Open World 12.9%, Base Building 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its grounded open-world survival FPS design emphasizes looting, travel, and tense firefights in a way that feels mechanically adjacent.

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: Survival 16.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Open World 12.6%, FPS 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Though more crafting-heavy, its co-op exploration, scavenging, shooting, and defensive base-building hit many of the same survival notes.

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 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, FPS 17.1%, Co-op 15.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This post-apocalyptic open-world FPS offers outpost assaults, scavenging, and optional co-op in a similarly freeform combat sandbox.

The Signal From Tölva is an open-world first-person shooter set on a distant, haunted, future world. Unlock savage weapons and recruit robots to fight alongside you as rival factions struggle to discover the source of the mysterious signal. What you discover will decide the fate of a world.

Why similar: Robots 29.9%, Open World 19.8%, FPS 18%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Shooter 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is an atmospheric open-world FPS centered on exploring a lonely landscape and battling robotic factions, making it an unusually close tonal match.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Co-op 17.8%, FPS 17.6%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is not open world, but its brutal co-op, stealth-first pacing, and overwhelming enemy pressure match Generation Zero's tension extremely well.

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Base Building 14%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 12.6%, Survival 11.8%, Co-op 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Co-op survival crafting, mobile base management, and fighting mechanical threats give it meaningful overlap with Generation Zero's crafting and PvE side.

The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!

Why similar: Mechs 25.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, PvE 14.2%, Horror 9.7%, Co-op 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its oppressive survival-shooter tone and constant sense of being underpowered against a deadlier world strongly resemble Generation Zero's underdog tension.

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 26.1%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Shooter 12.9%, Co-op 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Co-op tactical firefights across a collapsed society deliver a similar recon-engage-loot-repeat rhythm despite the third-person perspective.

Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.

Why similar: Open World 19.9%, Co-op 15.8%, FPS 15.3%, Survival 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended first-person stealth and gunplay in a hostile occupied region feels like a less survival-focused cousin to Generation Zero.

The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

Why similar: Co-op 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Survival 12.2%, Shooter 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This challenging co-op shooter trades the open world for tighter levels but keeps the same satisfying squad-based combat and hostile-world feel.

Go behind enemy lines with the ultimate modern military shooter. Play as an American sniper dropped in Georgia, near Russian border. Choose your own path to accomplish your missions across an unforgiving open world.

Why similar: Open World 25.3%, FPS 25%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Shooter 16.4%, Co-op 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world first-person stealth shooting and careful infiltration echo Generation Zero's slower, more tactical approach to combat.

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 22.7%, FPS 15.5%, Open World 14.6%, Survival 10.3%, Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its lonely first-person scavenging, stealth, and post-apocalyptic atmosphere make it a great single-player substitute for Generation Zero's mood.

Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…

Why similar: Base Building 14.7%, Robots 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world survival-shooter setup, robot enemies, and shelter-building make it a rougher but still relevant match for Generation Zero fans.

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 22.3%, Survival 20.7%, Crafting 18.8%, FPS 17.8%, Sandbox 16.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world survival, looting, and firearm-focused sandbox appeal if the scavenging and staying alive parts of Generation Zero were your favorite.

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 24.7%, FPS 23.5%, Open World 22%, Shooter 10.2%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Fast first-person combat and open-world roaming in a post-apocalyptic setting make it a solid pick if you want a more action-heavy alternative.

Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!

Why similar: Open World 31.5%, Robots 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Exploration 6%

Why You'll Like It: If hunting dangerous machines across a beautiful ruined world was the main draw, this captures that fantasy from a third-person angle.

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 12.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 9.6%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Open World 9%

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Why similar: Open World 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Survival 17.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Survival Horror 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Open-world scavenging, stealthy gunfights, and a dangerous post-collapse wilderness make it a strong solo alternative for the same survival-action vibe.

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: Survival 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Open World 17.2%, Multiplayer 12%, FPS 10%

Why You'll Like It: This online post-apocalyptic shooter leans into harsh atmosphere, survival systems, and wandering a dangerous world for supplies and fights.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Team up with a friend or play solo as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters and wield a powerful arsenal of new weapons, gadgets, and abilities to liberate Paris from the Nazis.

Why similar: Co-op 27.8%, FPS 26.8%, 1980s 15.7%, Shooter 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Two-player co-op and lots of heavily armored mechanical enemies make it a good fit for the buddy-shooter side of Generation Zero.

Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.

Why similar: Mechs 42.6% ★, Co-op 18.7%, Shooter 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Action 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: If you mainly want the thrill of a small squad battling overwhelming nonhuman enemies, this delivers that energy in full force.

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 17.7%, Open World 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.6%

Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival 12.3%, FPS 11.7%, Co-op 11.5%

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: Base Building 14.5%, Open World 13%, Survival 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Co-op 10.1%

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 14%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 13%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Co-op 12.2%

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: Survival 23.8%, Open World 15%, Co-op 14.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.1%

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 20%, Open World 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Crafting 9.4%

Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.

Why similar: FPS 14.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%

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: Base Building 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Survival 11.7%, Open World 11.6%, Crafting 10.9%

Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!

Why similar: Co-op 29.6%, Shooter 16.8%, Multiplayer 16.3%, PvE 10.9%, Open World 8.4%

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 12.5%

Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Co-op 17.2%, Horror 13%, Open World 11.6%, PvE 7.9%

REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.

Why similar: Co-op 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Shooter 14.6%, Multiplayer 11.2%, PvE 9.9%

An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Crafting 14.5%, Survival 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.9%, FPS 11.3%

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: Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 20%, Open World 19.8%, Base Building 12.8%, Co-op 7.5%

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Co-op 15.3%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Open World 12.2%

You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 11%, Co-op 10.8%, Open World 10.8%

Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

Why similar: Base Building 13.4%, Co-op 13.4%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

Why similar: Survival 12.2%, Co-op 12%, Base Building 11%, Robots 10.4%, Sandbox 10%

The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 12.9%, Sandbox 11.5%

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Why similar: Base Building 14.3%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 9.8%

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Base Building 15.5%, Co-op 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World 11.5%

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Crafting 16.1%, Open World 15.9%, Sandbox 15.6%, Survival 14.9%, Base Building 14.2%

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: Base Building 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Open World 13.2%, Co-op 13%, Survival 12.7%

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: Survival 19.7%, Base Building 19%, Open World 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Survival Horror 6.1%

Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.

Why similar: Survival 21.4%, Base Building 19.1%, Open World 16.1%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Crafting 12.2%

'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, Crafting 15.3%, Open World 14.8%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Sandbox 13.5%

The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

Why similar: Co-op 33.4%, Open World 29.6%, Shooter 21.5%, PvE 8.1%, Action 7.5%

The Fifth Day is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in the time after mankind's extinction to the machines that it created. Your role, as one of these machines, is to survive in the hostile world left behind by man.

Why similar: Survival 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Open World 14%, Robots 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%