- #1 How to Survive
97% 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 26.8%, Open World Survival Craft 23.2% ★, Survival 19.8%, Crafting 7.5%, Co-op 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: The direct predecessor to the seed game, offering the same core isometric survival and crafting mechanics.
- #2 Project Zomboid
96% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the most deep and complex survival simulation in a top-down zombie apocalypse setting.
- #3 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
96% matchVery Positive83% of 69,686 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 39.2 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 31%, Survival 24.7%, Open World 12.1%, Base Building 11%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on community management and base fortification in a persistent zombie-infested world.
- #4 DYSMANTLE
95% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 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 30%, Survival 25.7%, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 13%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar top-down perspective with a heavy focus on breaking down the environment for crafting materials.
- #5 7 Days to Die
94% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 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 24.1%, Survival 22.1%, Open World 8.4%, Base Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for base-building and survival against waves of zombies in an open world.
- #6 Welcome to ParadiZe
94% matchMixed67% of 1,314 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 23%, Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Survival 14.6%, Co-op 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the top-down action and crafting focus while adding a unique zombie-taming mechanic.
- #7 HumanitZ
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 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 24.2%, Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Survival 17.4%, Open World 8.5%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern top-down survival game that emphasizes classic looting and base-building mechanics.
- #8 SurrounDead
92% matchVery Positive91% of 26,489 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.7 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 32.8%, Survival 21.8%, Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Open World 11.1%, Base Building 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A single-player focused survival game that captures the scavenging and looting loop perfectly.
- #9 Night of the Dead
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 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 21.7%, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intense base-building and tower-defense elements with open-world zombie survival.
- #10 Mist Survival
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 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 23.6%, Survival 22.5%, Open World 8.7%, Base Building 6%
Why You'll Like It: A single-player survival game that focuses on building a secure base to protect against both zombies and environmental threats.
- #11 Dead Island Definitive Edition
90% matchVery Positive82% of 28,158 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.9 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 39.5%, Survival 17.6%, Co-op 10.9%, Open World 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a more action-oriented, first-person take on the zombie survival genre with heavy emphasis on melee combat.
- #12 Don't Starve Together
89% matchVery Positive95% of 541,972 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.6 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 57.2% ★, Survival 30.3%, Multiplayer 3.9%, Co-op 3.5%, Open World 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a challenging top-down survival experience with a strong emphasis on crafting and cooperative play.
- #13 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
88% matchVery Positive87% of 4,502 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.0 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 15.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep community building and survival mechanics with a focus on RPG-like character interactions.
- #14 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,547 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom Game Studio VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.6 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 37.2%, Open World Survival Craft 18.1% ★, Survival 10.7%, Open World 8.9%, Co-op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the chaotic, action-heavy side of zombie survival with a massive open world to explore.
- #15 No One Survived
86% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 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 26.4%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features extensive base-building and survival mechanics with a focus on realistic resource management.
- #16 State of Decay: YOSE
87% matchVery Positive82% of 13,143 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.2 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 37.1%, Survival 24.5%, Open World 11.7%, Base Building 9.1%, Multiplayer 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that defined the community-based survival and base-building genre.
- #17 Unturned
85% matchVery Positive91% of 564,532 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.
Why similar: Zombies 28.9%, Survival 21.4%, Crafting 11.5%, Co-op 11%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that blends crafting, base-building, and zombie combat in a stylized world.
- #18 Dead Island 2
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 29,087 reviews2024
Dev: Dambuster StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 20.3 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 43.9%, Co-op 21.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Gore 8.8%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides visceral, high-action zombie combat that feels like a more polished, modern version of the action found in the seed game.
- #19 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
86% matchVery Positive82% of 3,629 reviews2017
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 34.9%, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 9.4%, Co-op 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the defensive aspect of the seed game, tasking players with building fortifications to survive nightly waves.
- #20 SCUM
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 126,382 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 104.8 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 20.3%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed survival experience with deep crafting and character management systems.
- #21 DESOLATE
84% matchMixed66% of 8,063 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%, Zombies 32.1%, Open World 18.4%, Gore 5.4%, Crafting 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival game that captures the eerie, post-apocalyptic atmosphere of a zombie-filled world.
- #22 The Forest
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 680,573 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 48.4% ★, Survival 24.7%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 7.9%, Zombies 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive survival game where building a secure base is essential to surviving against aggressive enemies.
- #23 Subsistence
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,766 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 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 42.1% ★, Survival 20.7%, Crafting 9.5%, Multiplayer 8%, Open World 8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes long-term base building and resource gathering in a dangerous wilderness.
- #24 Green Hell
79% matchVery Positive85% of 101,308 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Open World Survival Craft 40.6% ★, Survival 21.6%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Crafting 7.5%, Open World 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that emphasizes the struggle for basic needs in a hostile environment.
- #25 Dead Rising® 2
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,832 reviews2010
Dev: Capcom VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.3 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 47.4%, Survival 10.6%, Co-op 10%, Open World 9.6%, Multiplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features creative crafting and weapon combinations that mirror the fun, action-oriented combat of the seed game.
- #26 Dead Maze
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,809 reviews2018
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.4 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 38.4%, Survival 28.9%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Open World 8.7%, Co-op 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play, isometric zombie survival game that focuses on cooperative scavenging and base construction.
- #27 Survive the Nights
78% matchMixed66% of 6,719 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 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 27.8%, Survival 18.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Co-op 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic survival game that focuses on fortifying buildings to survive the night against zombie threats.
- #28 The Wild Eight
80% matchMixed68% of 8,109 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.7 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 40.6% ★, Survival 24.5%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Co-op 8%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes cooperative play and resource management in a harsh environment.
- #29 Walking Zombie 2
79% matchVery Positive87% of 13,297 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 30.3% ★, Zombies 24.2%, Survival 15.3%, Open World 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person shooter that incorporates RPG elements and base-building in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #30 LifeZ - Survival
78% 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 24.8%, Survival 18.1%, Base Building 6.6%, Crafting 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival game that hits all the core pillars of scavenging, crafting, and zombie defense.
- #31 State of Decay
77% 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 42.9%, Survival 26.1%, Open World 12.2%, Base Building 5.5%, Multiplayer 4.3%
- #32 Miscreated
76% matchMixed66% of 31,591 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 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 18.7%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #33 How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
77% matchMixed57% of 1,263 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 25.4% ★, Zombies 24.7%, Survival 19.1%, Crafting 7%, Open World 6%
- #34 Blood Night
72% matchVery Positive95% of 110 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 31.1%, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Open World 8.2%
- #35 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
75% 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 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #36 Yet Another Zombie Defense
74% matchVery Positive87% of 12,385 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%
- #37 Hurtworld
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 64.1 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 10.7%, Crafting 10%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #38 Survivalist
74% matchVery Positive80% of 2,569 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 25.9%, Survival 21.2%, Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Open World 7.3%, Base Building 6.1%
- #39 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
70% matchVery Positive88% of 10,634 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 22.9%, Survival 15.3%, Co-op 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #40 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
69% matchVery Positive89% of 9,529 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 68.5%, Crafting 26.4%, Action 5.1%
- #41 Zombie Survival Game Online
71% matchMixed69% of 316 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 22.7%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 8.9%, Base Building 7.4%
- #42 DeadPoly
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 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 31.1% ★, Zombies 24.1%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #43 Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 12,984 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.9 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 11.2%, Open World 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #44 Grounded 2
67% matchVery Positive81% of 23,765 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 24.2 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 26.8% ★, Survival 22.4%, Co-op 9.2%, Base Building 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #45 Escape Dead Island
73% matchMixed61% of 1,733 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 50.5%, Survival 20.4%, Open World 9%, Gore 7%, Multiplayer 4.6%
- #46 DREADZONE
69% matchMixed51% of 1,210 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 23.2%, Survival 20.7%, Co-op 11%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 10.7%
- #47 The Last Disease Z
68% matchMixed56% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Bublig
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Last Disease Z is a co-op survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Zombies 25.2%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 9%
- #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 32.8% ★, Survival 21.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 11%, Open World 9.5%
- #49 Nomad
71% 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 20%, Survival 18.2%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Open World 7.3%
- #50 Next Day: Survival
70% 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 41.7%, Open World 18.3%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Co-op 8.4%
- #51 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
66% matchVery Positive94% of 4,475 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 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 31.2% ★, Zombies 26.6%, Survival 19.2%, Open World 8%, Crafting 7.3%
- #52 DARKEST DAYS
67% matchMixed49% of 5,125 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 30.9%, Survival 20.5%, Open World 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Base Building 7.1%
- #53 Days Gone
66% matchVery Positive93% of 116,650 reviews2021
Dev: Bend StudioPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 43.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Why similar: Zombies 30.9%, Survival 18.5%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Open World 14.9%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #54 METAL GEAR SURVIVE
68% matchMixed66% of 5,696 reviews2018
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 53.3 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 7.6%
- #55 Left 4 Dead 2
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,054,926 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 100.0 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 58.9%, Co-op 12.4%, Survival 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Gore 2.8%
- #56 VEIN
63% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 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 27.7%, Survival 22.4%, Open World 11.7%, Base Building 9.8%, Co-op 9%
- #57 Savage Lands
67% matchMixed54% of 6,690 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 46.1% ★, Survival 21.7%, Open World 9.6%, Crafting 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.5%
