Games Like Generation Zero®

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 11.6%, FPS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its huge shared world, patrol-heavy combat, and emphasis on scouting and ambushes make it one of the closest matches to Generation Zero's co-op guerrilla warfare loop.

Enter the adrenaline-filled world of a modern-day guerrilla revolution. With stunning vistas, visceral gunplay, and a huge variety of gameplay experiences, there's never been a better time to join the fight.

Why similar: Open World 19.1%, FPS 15.3%, Crafting 13.2%, Co-op 11.6%, Shooter 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is another open-world shooter built around resistance tactics, roaming enemy forces, outpost assaults, and co-op play in a war-torn landscape.

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 15.4%, Survival 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its rural open world, first-person gunplay, stealthy hit-and-run attacks, and drop-in co-op capture a very similar rhythm of exploration and sudden firefights.

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 19.6%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 14%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Crafting 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Generation Zero, it mixes eerie exploration, scavenging, stealth, and tense firefights in a hostile abandoned world.

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 29.2%, Co-op 23.8%, Shooter 17.4%, Multiplayer 15.9%, FPS 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Breakpoint delivers tactical co-op infiltration, survival-lite systems, and a hostile open world full of patrolling enemies that reward careful engagement.

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 18.7%, Open World 16%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers open-world multiplayer exploration, base building, looting, and emergent firefights across a desolate post-apocalyptic map.

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 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, FPS 17.1%, Co-op 15.1%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: The post-apocalyptic setting, scavenging, outpost clearing, and co-op FPS structure make it a natural pick for Generation Zero fans.

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 18.9%, FPS 17.1%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Few games match Generation Zero's feeling of fighting an oppressive machine takeover as closely as this first-person robot-apocalypse shooter.

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 17%, Survival 14.7%, FPS 13.4%, Open World 12.9%, Base Building 11%

Why You'll Like It: Deadside matches the large-map survival shooter structure, emphasizing careful looting, long-range fights, and dangerous open-world movement.

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 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Co-op 13.5%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 13%

Why You'll Like It: It blends co-op open-world survival shooting, base construction, and PvE exploration in a way that overlaps nicely with Generation Zero's multiplayer sandbox side.

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 19.9%, FPS 16.8%, Survival 14.8%, Shooter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its atmospheric open-world FPS survival, environmental storytelling, and constant sense of danger hit many of the same notes as Generation Zero's exploration-heavy tension.

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 30.8%, Horror 19.2%, Survival Horror 5.2%, Crafting 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op first-person survival game similarly throws you into an eerie abandoned environment where scavenging and avoiding bad fights matter as much as shooting.

In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.

Why similar: Robots 22.9%, FPS 16.6%, Open World 15.9%, Shooter 11%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its retro-futurist atmosphere, hostile machines, and first-person combat against mechanical enemies make it a strong thematic alternative even without co-op.

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 15.6%, Open World 14.5%, Survival 10.2%, Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although more linear, it shares the same blend of immersive first-person survival, scavenging, stealth, and haunting post-collapse atmosphere.

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 17%, Base Building 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Open World 12.7%, FPS 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is heavier on crafting than Generation Zero, but the mix of co-op survival, base defense, exploration, and ranged combat makes the appeal overlap a lot.

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 21.1%, Open World 20.5%, Co-op 13.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world FPS also centers on improvised resistance warfare, sneaky urban strikes, and fighting a superior occupying force.

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 21.5%, Survival 18.8%, Open World 18.2%, Co-op 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: While third-person, it offers the same satisfying loop of scavenging, surviving in a hostile open world, and building up a foothold with friends.

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: FPS 17.8%, Co-op 17.7%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.1%, Shooter 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is far more mission-based and horror-focused, but the emphasis on co-op communication, stealth, and brutal first-person encounters scratches a similar tension-heavy itch.

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 14.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Co-op 10.5%, FPS 10.2%, Sandbox 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op survival, mobile base, crafting, and constant battles against mechanized enemies make it a clever pick for the base-building side of Generation Zero.

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 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: If the robot-hunting aspect is what grabbed you most, this delivers superb open-world machine fights with a similarly methodical prey-versus-predator feel.

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 30%, Open World 19.8%, FPS 18.1%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Shooter 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This overlooked open-world FPS is all about roaming a lonely landscape full of machine threats and atmospheric exploration, which makes it unusually close in mood.

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 25.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, PvE 14%, Horror 9.7%, Co-op 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its whole identity is being a small scavenging squad surviving beneath overwhelming war machines, which strongly echoes Generation Zero's underdog combat fantasy.

Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.

Why similar: FPS 22.7%, Open World 20.1%, Shooter 14%, PvE 13.9%, Survival 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its slow, tactical co-op gunfights and large hostile map will appeal if your favorite part of Generation Zero was cautious movement and high-stakes firefights.

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 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is less combat-driven, but its first-person co-op survival, atmospheric post-apocalyptic world, and mobile base progression align well with Generation Zero's exploratory side.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

Why similar: Co-op 19.1%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Survival 12.9%, Shooter 12.5%, Horror 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a good fit if you mainly want cooperative shooting against relentless non-human enemies with squad synergy and escalating pressure.

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 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Though third-person and more boss-focused, it shares the co-op combat, dangerous ruined-world atmosphere, and satisfaction of overcoming punishing enemies together.

Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.

Why similar: Robots 21.3%, Base Building 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, FPS 9.5%, Co-op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: If you liked mixing gunplay with base-building and fighting waves of machines, this leans hard into that exact combination.

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 17.9%, Open World 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.5%

MISERY is a 1–10 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 12.7%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Open World 8.9%

The town of Redfall is under siege by a legion of vampires who have cut the island off from the outside world. Trapped with a handful of survivors, slay alone or squad up in open-world FPS action.

Why similar: Open World 23.4%, Co-op 23.3%, FPS 23.1%, Shooter 14%, Multiplayer 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Despite a different enemy theme, it offers open-world co-op FPS exploration in deserted towns with loot-driven progression and roaming supernatural threats.

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 14.6%, Robots 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.6%

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 17.3%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 12.4%, FPS 11.8%, Co-op 11.5%

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 27.7%, FPS 27%, 1980s 15.7%, Shooter 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Co-op first-person combat against heavily mechanized enemies in larger connected spaces gives it a surprisingly similar action feel.

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 29.5%, Shooter 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.2%, PvE 10.8%, Open World 8.4%

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 17.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Crafting 9.3%

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%, Survival 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 10.8%

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Base Building 18.3%, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 12.1%, Co-op 10.8%

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 14.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%

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 18.8%, Open World 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Multiplayer 6.1%

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 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Survival 12.8%, Co-op 10.1%

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 19%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 12.5%

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

Why similar: Crafting 14.4%, Survival 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.8%, FPS 11.4%

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Why similar: Survival 19.8%, Crafting 17.2%, Open World 15.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.5%

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 20.6%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 20.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Co-op 7.5%

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 11.1%, Survival 11%, Co-op 10.8%, Open World 10.8%

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 22.5%, Co-op 17.1%, Horror 13.1%, Open World 11.6%, Multiplayer 8%

Explore a remote island solo or in MULTIPLAYER co-op in this open-world survival horror. Manipulate objects and enemies with the Gravity Gun, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and survive a hostile world shaped by abandoned, mysterious facilities.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 9.7%

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 12.3%, Co-op 12%, Base Building 10.9%, Robots 10.4%, Sandbox 9.9%

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 14.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Open World 13.1%, Co-op 12.2%, Survival Horror 12.1%

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 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Open World 13.3%, Co-op 12.9%, Survival 12.7%

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%

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 21.5%, Base Building 19%, Open World 16.2%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Crafting 12.1%

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 14.2%, Survival Horror 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.7%

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 23.9%, Open World 15.1%, Co-op 14.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Multiplayer 12.2%

ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, PvE 14%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 10.4%

Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.

Why similar: Base Building 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Open World 12.1%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%

Survive, shoot, construct, and ride killer elemental robots. Craft equipment, explore multi-floor buildings, build and farm, uncover schematics, and progress through technology tiers. Alone or with friends in this brutal post apocalyptic open world survival robot riding crafting shooter game!

Why similar: Base Building 15.4%, FPS 13.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 12.4%

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Survival 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Survival Horror 10.2%, Open World 9.9%, FPS 9.6%