Games Like How to Survive 2

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Zombies 25.9%, Open World Survival Craft 24.9% ★, Survival 22.2%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, isometric survival simulation that offers the most realistic and challenging zombie apocalypse experience available.

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: Open World Survival Craft 28.8% ★, Zombies 23.9%, Survival 22.2%, Open World 8.3%, Base Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive open-world zombie survival game that perfectly mirrors the base-building and crafting intensity found in How to Survive 2.

“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 26.5%, Open World Survival Craft 22.9% ★, Survival 20%, Crafting 7.7%, Co-op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series provides the same core survival mechanics and isometric zombie-slaying action.

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: Zombies 30.5%, Survival 24.7%, Open World 12%, Base Building 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at the base-management and community-building aspects that make the camp-defense loop in How to Survive 2 so satisfying.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 29.6%, Survival 25.7%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 13.2%, Base Building 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric survival game features a similar top-down perspective and focuses heavily on scavenging, crafting, and clearing out zombie-infested areas.

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: Zombies 23.8%, Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Survival 17%, Crafting 8.5%, Open World 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down open-world survival game that captures the same aesthetic and gameplay loop of scavenging and fighting zombies with friends.

Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Zombies 24.6%, Survival 19.2%, Crafting 7.2%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: This version offers a different perspective on the original game's mechanics while maintaining the same survival and crafting loop.

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 36.7%, Survival 24.7%, Open World 11.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Multiplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: The original State of Decay offers a classic experience of managing a survivor group and fortifying a base against zombie sieges.

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 37.9% ★, Survival 19.9%, Zombies 18.5%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that captures the tension of exploring a post-apocalyptic world filled with mutants and zombies.

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 56.8% ★, Survival 30.6%, Multiplayer 3.9%, Co-op 3.6%, Open World 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting, resource management, and cooperative play in a dangerous, hostile world.

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 48% ★, Survival 24.9%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 8.2%, Zombies 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: While the enemies are mutants rather than zombies, the core loop of building a base and surviving in a hostile, open environment is incredibly similar.

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 31.7%, Open World 14.8%, Co-op 14.5%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Base Building 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel to The Forest expands on the crafting and base-building mechanics with improved visuals and cooperative play.

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: Zombies 28%, Survival 26.2%, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 9.6%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on scavenging, base building, and crafting in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies.

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 30.5% ★, Zombies 23.4%, Survival 22.6%, Open World 8.7%, Base Building 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a grounded survival experience with a strong focus on base building and defending against zombie threats.

'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: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Zombies 21.5%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 8.4%, Open World 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It heavily emphasizes base defense and trap-building against waves of zombies, which aligns with the camp-defense mechanics of the seed game.

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: Zombies 28.5%, Survival 21.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Co-op 11.2%, Open World 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game that combines crafting, base building, and multiplayer action with a distinct visual style.

Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.

Why similar: Zombies 36.9%, Open World Survival Craft 18% ★, Survival 10.8%, Open World 8.9%, Co-op 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the action and crafting aspects of zombie survival, allowing for creative weapon combinations.

Farm the dead to stay alive in DEADCRAFT, a new twist on the zombie survival-action genre! As a half-zombie, grow an army of loyal undead followers and build an arsenal to equip them to take revenge on the rulers of humanity's last city.

Why similar: Zombies 41.9%, Survival 31.2%, Crafting 17.5%, Action 3.5%, Dark Humor 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This unique title allows you to craft weapons and even raise your own zombie army, fitting the crafting-heavy nature of the seed game.

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 33.1%, Survival 21.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A single-player zombie survival game that focuses on looting, crafting, and surviving in a large open world.

Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.

Why similar: Zombies 22.7%, Open World Survival Craft 18.9% ★, Survival 14.7%, Co-op 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game that features a unique system for controlling and customizing zombies to help with your base and combat.

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Why similar: Zombies 39.1%, Survival 17.7%, Co-op 11%, Open World 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more action-oriented take on the zombie survival genre with a heavy emphasis on co-op and melee combat.

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.6% ★, Survival 15.7%, Base Building 11.6%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique survival RPG that focuses on community management and base building in a zombie-filled world.

Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28% ★, Zombies 17%, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 8.5%, Co-op 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on building and upgrading a mobile base to survive against waves of zombies.

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 Survival Craft 32.9% ★, Zombies 20.1%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that offers deep crafting and base-building mechanics in a large, dangerous open world.

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 40.1% ★, Survival 24.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Co-op 8.1%, Open World 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes cooperative play and crafting in a harsh, unforgiving environment.

Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.

Why similar: Zombies 38%, Survival 29.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Open World 8.6%, Co-op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D isometric massively multiplayer game that focuses on scavenging and working together to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35% ★, Survival 27.2%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that focuses on crafting and base building, though it leans more into the competitive side of survival.

The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground.

Why similar: Zombies 47%, Survival 10.7%, Co-op 10.2%, Open World 9.7%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features the iconic weapon-crafting system and zombie-slaying action that fans of the genre will appreciate.

Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Zombies 24%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person shooter that incorporates survival and crafting elements, offering a more narrative-driven approach to the zombie genre.

Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

Why similar: Zombies 34.3%, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 9.9%, Co-op 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, arcade-style zombie defense game that focuses purely on the combat and base-fortification loop.

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 42.5%, Survival 26.3%, Open World 12.2%, Base Building 5.6%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.

Why similar: Zombies 87.1%, Survival 5.9%, Co-op 2.8%, Multiplayer 2.6%, Local Co-Op 0.6%

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: Open World Survival Craft 29.3% ★, Zombies 27.5%, Survival 18.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Co-op 9.3%

(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.

Why similar: Zombies 30.7%, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 8.1%

It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.

Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Survival 21.3%, Open World Survival Craft 17% ★, Open World 7.3%, Base Building 6.3%

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 37.4%, Zombies 31.9%, Open World 18.2%, Gore 5.3%, Crafting 2.6%

Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.9% ★, Survival 22.1%, Zombies 9.2%, Open World 8%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 50.4%, Survival 20.7%, Open World 9%, Gore 6.8%, Multiplayer 4.6%

Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.7% ★, Zombies 22.5%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 9.1%, Base Building 7.5%

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: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Survival 20.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Open World 7.9%

Loot. Kill. Survive. Can you escape ? (probably not) Zumbi Blocks 2 is the official sequel to the 2013 free browser zombie game. Stuck on an island, cut off from the rest of humanity, you wake up. The secret to breaking free from this place lies asleep, underground. From the soil, zumbies emerge.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Zombies 22.7%, Survival 15.4%, Co-op 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.9%

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: Zombies 30.5%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Base Building 7.4%

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 41.5%, Open World 18.1%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Crafting 10.4%, Co-op 8.5%

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 32.3% ★, Zombies 24.8%, Survival 18.4%, Base Building 6.8%, Crafting 5.7%

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: Zombies 22.9%, Survival 20.7%, Co-op 11.1%, Crafting 10.8%, Open World 10.8%

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Why similar: Zombies 34.9%, Survival 14.2%, Co-op 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Open World 9.4%

DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.7% ★, Zombies 23.8%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Multiplayer 8%

Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Survival 22.8%, Co-op 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%

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: Zombies 27%, Survival 22.3%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 9.9%, Co-op 9.3%

Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.3% ★, Survival 21.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Open World 9.5%

METAL GEAR SURVIVE builds upon MGSV’s stealth action gameplay with elements of exploration and survival creating a bold new experience. *An internet connection is required to play the game.

Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Open World Survival Craft 19.8% ★, Survival 18%, Base Building 7.8%, Co-op 7.7%

Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Zombies 19.8%, Survival 18.4%, Multiplayer 9%, Open World 7.3%

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: Zombies 58.6%, Co-op 12.7%, Survival 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Gore 2.7%

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 45.7% ★, Survival 21.8%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 9%, Multiplayer 7.7%

You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

Why similar: Zombies 40.1%, Survival 29.7%, Open World 11.7%, Gore 7.4%, RPG 5.1%

The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.

Why similar: Zombies 43.5%, Survival 25%, Open World 11.7%, Multiplayer 11%, Co-op 4.6%

Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.9% ★, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 9.5%, Open World 9.4%