Games Like Generation Zero®

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a tactical third-person shooter set in a vast open world. You must survive, adapt, and fight a rogue spec ops faction, using stealth, strategy, and high-tech gear in solo or co-op.

Why similar: Open World 29.3%, Co-op 23.7%, Shooter 17.6%, Multiplayer 15.8%, FPS 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world co-op structure, stealthy recon, tactical firefights, and hit-and-run assaults make it one of the closest matches to Generation Zero's guerilla-combat loop.

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 27.6%, Co-op 17.1%, Shooter 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.5%, FPS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like Generation Zero, it revolves around methodical open-world scouting, gearing up, and taking on stronger enemies across a large map with up to four players.

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 20.6%, Co-op 13.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Multiplayer 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its urban guerilla-warfare focus and fighting a technologically superior occupier echo Generation Zero's resistance-against-the-odds feel.

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 17.2%, Co-op 15%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a post-apocalyptic open-world FPS with co-op, scavenging, outpost fights, and improvised resistance vibes that feel very close to Generation Zero.

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 21.1%, Robots 19.1%, FPS 17.1%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: If the appeal is stalking deadly machines in a ruined world and fighting a losing war with stealth and scavenged weapons, this is an excellent fit.

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 15.2%, Survival 14.1%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Crafting 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same tense scavenging, stealthy excursions, survival pressure, and eerie post-disaster atmosphere, just with a more story-driven focus.

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 26.3%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Shooter 12.8%, Co-op 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers squad-based open-world combat, loot progression, and reclaiming a fallen society from overwhelming threats in a way that scratches a similar itch.

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 31%, Horror 19.1%, Survival Horror 5.2%, Crafting 4%

Why You'll Like It: DESOLATE offers co-op first-person survival and exploration in an oppressive quarantine zone, with a similarly bleak and dangerous feel.

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 18.4%, Co-op 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op scavenging, open-world survival, and base-building capture the broader survive-and-push-back loop that Generation Zero fans often enjoy.

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 20.1%, Co-op 15.7%, FPS 15.4%, Survival 12.6%, Shooter 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The open-world first-person exploration, stealthy outpost clearing, and drop-in co-op make it a strong alternative even without the robot theme.

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 22.6%, FPS 15.6%, Open World 14.6%, Survival 10.2%, Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is another atmospheric post-apocalyptic FPS built around exploration, resource management, and dangerous encounters in a beautifully hostile world.

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 19.2%, FPS 15.3%, Crafting 13%, Co-op 11.9%, Shooter 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This one leans hard into improvised guerilla warfare in a large open world, making it a natural fit for players who liked Generation Zero's resistance fantasy.

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 16.8%, Co-op 13.4%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 13%

Why You'll Like It: Its shared-world survival shooting, base-building, and hostile post-collapse exploration make it a strong modern pick for Generation Zero players.

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 14.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Co-op 10.5%, FPS 10.2%, Sandbox 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its survival crafting, mobile base, and battles against mechanical foes make it one of the better picks if you liked Generation Zero's robots plus resource loop.

Experience the critically acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn™ with stunning new visuals and upgraded features. In a far future where colossal machines roam the Earth, pockets of humanity survive in unique tribes among the lush, overgrown ruins of our long-lost civilization.

Why similar: Mechs 37.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Open World 19.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Crafting 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: While single-player and third-person, its open-world machine hunting, weak-point targeting, and atmospheric post-collapse setting are highly compatible with Generation Zero's core appeal.

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 14.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Open World 13.2%, Co-op 12.1%, Survival Horror 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though more survival-focused, it offers tense co-op exploration, crafting, and fighting to survive in a threatening open environment.

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 22.8%, FPS 16.6%, Open World 16%, Shooter 11%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its hostile robot-filled world, first-person combat, and retro-futurist atmosphere make it a strong thematic match for Generation Zero.

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 16.1%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes open-world post-apocalyptic exploration, co-op-friendly progression, and camp building for players who want a broader multiplayer survival shooter sandbox.

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 12.8%, FPS 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a deeper survival-crafting spin on the same loop of scavenging, fortifying, and facing constant danger in a ruined world with friends.

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Why similar: Survival 19%, Base Building 18.1%, Co-op 14.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Despite a lighter tone, it offers open-world co-op survival, base-building, and the thrill of tackling outsized threats in a hostile environment.

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 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It trades gun-heavy combat for more survival and exploration, but its ruined-world atmosphere and mobile-base progression are a strong thematic fit.

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 17.9%, Co-op 17.6%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.1%, Shooter 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Generation Zero was tense co-op, careful planning, and sudden terrifying firefights, GTFO delivers that in concentrated form.

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%, Open World 20%, FPS 16.8%, Survival 14.8%, Shooter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the lonely exploration, scavenging, and ever-present danger that make Generation Zero's world so compelling, even without co-op.

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 19.7%, Shooter 14.8%, Multiplayer 11.4%, PvE 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op shooting, dangerous enemy encounters, and emphasis on careful builds and teamwork make it a great fit if you want harder combat and strong atmosphere.

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

Why similar: Co-op 21%, PvE 20.2%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Shooter 16.4%, Sci-fi 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is mission-based rather than open-world, but the chaotic co-op battles against murderous robots absolutely match Generation Zero's 'fight the machines together' energy.

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 25.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, PvE 13.8%, Horror 9.7%, Co-op 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its bleak war-torn world, scavenging under extreme pressure, and constant threat from giant machines give it a very similar desperation-and-survival mood.

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Survival 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is less combat-focused, yet its eerie excursion-based survival loop and abandoned-world atmosphere overlap nicely with Generation Zero's moodier side.

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 13.5%, Open World 13%, Base Building 10.9%

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 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.5%

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 11.9%, Co-op 11.4%

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 12.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 10.1%, Survival Horror 9.3%, Open World 9%

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%, FPS 23%, Open World 21.5%, Shooter 10%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is a faster and louder take on open-world post-apocalyptic FPS combat, but it still hits the roaming, looting, and firefighting rhythms.

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 14.6%, Open World 13.5%, Survival 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Co-op 9.9%

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 13.2%, Open World 11.5%, Multiplayer 8%

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 9.7%

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 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Crafting 9.3%

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 18.7%, Open World 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Multiplayer 6.2%

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 23.9%, Open World 15.2%, Co-op 14.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Multiplayer 12.1%

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: Open World 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Survival 20.2%, Base Building 12.5%, 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 16.5%, Co-op 15.2%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Open World 12.4%

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 19.9%, Crafting 17.1%, Open World 15.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%

'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 18.8%, Crafting 15.1%, Open World 15%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Sandbox 13.4%

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 14.3%, Survival 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 10.7%

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 17.2%, Multiplayer 16.2%, PvE 10.7%, Open World 8.4%

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

Why similar: Crafting 14.3%, Survival 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.9%, FPS 11.5%

DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Open World 17.1%, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.1%

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 12.4%, Open World 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%

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%, Open World 12.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%

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 13.8%, Crafting 11%, Survival 11%, Open World 10.9%, FPS 10.8%

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 17.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 11.5%

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 11.9%, Base Building 11%, Robots 10.4%, Crafting 9.9%

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%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Survival 13%, Shooter 12.6%, Horror 10.2%

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 16.3%, Multiplayer 13.3%, 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 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.7%

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%, Open World 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Co-op 12.9%, Survival 12.7%

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 17.8%, PvE 14.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 10.3%

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

Why similar: Base Building 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%

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 14.1%, Robots 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.3%