- #1 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
97% matchVery Positive83% of 69,051 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 30.8%, Survival 24.6%, Open World 12%, Base Building 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at community management and base building, capturing the feeling of leading a group of survivors through a zombie apocalypse.
- #2 Project Zomboid
96% matchVery Positive94% of 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 26.1%, Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Survival 22.1%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive hardcore zombie survival simulator that emphasizes realistic mechanics, crafting, and long-term base management.
- #3 7 Days to Die
96% matchVery Positive87% of 402,373 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 109.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 29% ★, Zombies 24%, Survival 22.1%, Open World 8.3%, Base Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most comprehensive zombie survival experience with deep base-building and voxel-based destruction mechanics.
- #4 Welcome to ParadiZe
95% matchMixed67% of 1,293 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 22.9%, Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Survival 14.6%, Co-op 9%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a very similar isometric action-survival loop with a unique twist involving zombie companions and base defense.
- #5 Night of the Dead
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,822 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'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 29.1% ★, Zombies 21.6%, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 8.2%, Open World 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world survival with intense tower-defense mechanics, perfect for players who enjoy fortifying their base against nightly waves.
- #6 DYSMANTLE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 11,503 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Survival 25.6%, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game features an incredibly satisfying loop of breaking down the environment to craft better gear and survive.
- #7 How to Survive
93% matchVery Positive83% of 17,098 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 26.7%, Open World Survival Craft 23.1% ★, Survival 19.9%, Crafting 7.6%, Co-op 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original game in the series offers a more linear, story-focused take on the same survival mechanics found in the sequel.
- #8 State of Decay: YOSE
92% matchVery Positive82% of 13,049 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Why similar: Zombies 36.9%, Survival 24.5%, Open World 11.6%, Base Building 9.1%, Multiplayer 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original title provides a classic, narrative-driven approach to zombie survival and base management.
- #9 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
90% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 43% ★, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends deep RPG elements with survival and base-building, allowing for complex interactions with other survivors.
- #10 How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
91% matchMixed57% of 1,262 reviews2015
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 25.2% ★, Zombies 24.8%, Survival 19.1%, Crafting 7.1%, Open World 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This version provides a different perspective on the original game, changing the feel of combat and exploration.
- #11 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,414 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom Game Studio VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 37.1%, Open World Survival Craft 18.1% ★, Survival 10.7%, Open World 8.9%, Co-op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the action-oriented side of zombie survival with massive hordes and creative weapon crafting.
- #12 HumanitZ
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,392 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 24%, Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A modern isometric survival game that focuses on classic zombie tropes and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic open world.
- #13 Don't Starve Together
89% matchVery Positive95% of 537,789 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 57.1% ★, Survival 30.3%, Multiplayer 3.9%, Co-op 3.5%, Open World 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting, resource management, and cooperative play in a hostile, stylized world.
- #14 Unturned
88% matchVery Positive91% of 563,787 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 28.8%, Survival 21.4%, Crafting 11.6%, Co-op 11.1%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet surprisingly deep zombie survival game that focuses heavily on scavenging, crafting, and multiplayer cooperation.
- #15 SurrounDead
87% matchVery Positive92% of 25,610 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Zombies 33.1%, Survival 21.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17.9% ★, Open World 11.1%, Base Building 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A solid singleplayer-focused survival game that emphasizes looting and managing inventory in a dangerous zombie-infested landscape.
- #16 V Rising
86% matchVery Positive89% of 135,460 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 57.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Survival 33.3%, Open World 17.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 15%, Multiplayer 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: While themed around vampires, its top-down combat, base building, and survival-crafting progression are top-tier.
- #17 Mist Survival
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,180 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Zombies 23.5%, Survival 22.5%, Open World 8.7%, Base Building 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on environmental survival and base building, forcing players to adapt to weather and zombie threats.
- #18 No One Survived
84% matchMixed64% of 7,705 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Zombies 28.4%, Survival 26.3%, Open World 12%, Crafting 9.6%, Multiplayer 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game with a heavy focus on realistic crafting, base construction, and managing complex survival needs.
- #19 Miscreated
85% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Survival 19.7%, Zombies 18.6%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that features a high-fidelity post-apocalyptic setting with a focus on multiplayer interaction.
- #20 The Wild Eight
84% matchMixed68% of 8,097 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.4% ★, Survival 24.5%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Co-op 8%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that challenges players to manage hunger and cold while exploring a mysterious, frozen wilderness.
- #21 DESOLATE
83% matchMixed66% of 8,055 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
Why similar: Survival 37.1%, Zombies 32.1%, Open World 18.4%, Gore 5.3%, Crafting 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival game that mixes horror elements with exploration and crafting in a mysterious, hostile environment.
- #22 Subsistence
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,723 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 41.9% ★, Survival 20.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes base building and defending against both AI and environmental threats.
- #23 DeadPoly
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,038 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 31% ★, Zombies 24%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that captures the essence of looting and building in a world overrun by zombies.
- #24 Dead Maze
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,803 reviews2018
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 38.2%, Survival 28.9%, Multiplayer 10%, Open World 8.7%, Co-op 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D isometric massively multiplayer game that focuses on cooperative survival and base building.
- #25 Survivalist
81% matchVery Positive80% of 2,568 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Why similar: Zombies 25.7%, Survival 21.2%, Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Open World 7.3%, Base Building 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An early indie title that successfully combined RPG elements with survival mechanics and base management.
- #26 Yet Another Zombie Defense
80% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 87.3%, Survival 5.8%, Co-op 2.7%, Multiplayer 2.5%, Local Co-Op 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: It strips away the exploration to focus purely on the base-defense and survival-crafting aspects of the genre.
- #27 Dead Rising® 2
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,763 reviews2010
Dev: Capcom VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 47.2%, Survival 10.6%, Co-op 10.2%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic action-survival game centered on weapon crafting and surviving against massive zombie crowds.
- #28 LifeZ - Survival
79% matchMixed68% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: iDs Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Zombies 24.7%, Survival 18.1%, Base Building 6.6%, Crafting 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival game that focuses on the core loop of gathering resources and crafting to survive the undead.
- #29 State of Decay
78% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Why similar: Zombies 42.8%, Survival 26.2%, Open World 12.2%, Base Building 5.5%, Multiplayer 4.3%
- #30 Blood Night
74% matchVery Positive96% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Team
Windows
(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 31%, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Open World 8.2%
- #31 Escape Dead Island
78% matchMixed61% of 1,718 reviews2014
Dev: FatsharkPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 20.5%, Open World 9%, Gore 7%, Multiplayer 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a more narrative-driven adventure experience within the zombie survival genre.
- #32 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
77% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 43.3% ★, Survival 21.9%, Zombies 9.3%, Open World 8%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #33 Hurtworld
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 63.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 35.4% ★, Survival 27.1%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #34 Dead Island Definitive Edition
75% matchVery Positive82% of 27,843 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.4%, Survival 17.6%, Co-op 10.9%, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #35 Survive the Nights
72% matchMixed66% of 6,615 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 29.4% ★, Zombies 27.7%, Survival 18.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Co-op 9.2%
- #36 Walking Zombie 2
74% matchVery Positive87% of 13,215 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Zombies 24.1%, Survival 15.3%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #37 Zombie Survival Game Online
73% matchMixed70% of 313 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
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 28.9% ★, Zombies 22.6%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 9%, Base Building 7.4%
- #38 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
71% matchVery Positive88% of 10,174 reviews2023
Dev: Adrian Kaminski
Windows
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 29.1% ★, Zombies 22.8%, Survival 15.3%, Co-op 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #39 DARKEST DAYS
71% matchMixed49% of 5,018 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 30.7%, Survival 20.5%, Open World 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Base Building 7.2%
- #40 Dead Island 2
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 27,272 reviews2024
Dev: Dambuster StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.
Why similar: Zombies 46.8%, Co-op 22.7%, Crafting 13.2%, Gore 9.4%, Dark Humor 3%
- #41 Nomad
73% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 34.3% ★, Zombies 19.9%, Survival 18.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Open World 7.3%
- #42 SCUM
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 125,269 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Zombies 20.2%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 8.3%
- #43 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
72% matchVery Positive84% of 3,045 reviews2017
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 34.5%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 9.8%, Co-op 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #44 Infestation: The New Z
73% matchMixed54% of 33,897 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 43.8%, Survival 24.8%, Open World 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Co-op 4.6%
- #45 DREADZONE
70% matchMixed51% of 1,197 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
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 23.1%, Survival 20.7%, Co-op 11.1%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.7%
- #46 Next Day: Survival
71% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 18.2%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Crafting 10.3%, Co-op 8.5%
- #47 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
67% matchVery Positive89% of 9,053 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
Why similar: Zombies 68.2%, Crafting 26.7%, Action 5.1%
- #48 Far Lands
70% matchMixed65% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
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 32.7% ★, Survival 21.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 11%, Open World 9.5%
- #49 Grounded 2
66% matchVery Positive81% of 22,174 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 25.7% ★, Survival 22.3%, Co-op 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #50 The Survivalists
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,061 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Survival 20.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 8.4%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #51 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
65% matchVery Positive94% of 4,448 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Zombies 26.6%, Survival 19.3%, Open World 8%, Crafting 7.4%
- #52 Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 12,845 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 35.3%, Survival 14.1%, Co-op 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Open World 9.4%
- #53 VEIN
63% matchVery Positive89% of 11,054 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 27.5%, Survival 22.2%, Open World 11.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Co-op 9%
- #54 Savage Lands
68% matchMixed54% of 6,686 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46% ★, Survival 21.7%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #55 METAL GEAR SURVIVE
68% matchMixed66% of 5,680 reviews2018
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 21.4%, Open World Survival Craft 19.9% ★, Survival 18.1%, Co-op 7.7%, Base Building 7.7%
- #56 Left 4 Dead 2
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,043,904 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 99.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 58.7%, Co-op 12.6%, Survival 11.1%, Multiplayer 9%, Gore 2.8%
- #57 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,010 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 40.3%, Survival 29.6%, Open World 11.7%, Gore 7.3%, RPG 5%
