- #1 Project Zomboid
97% 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 26.8%, Open World Survival Craft 23.8% ★, Survival 21.9%, Crafting 6.1%, Co-op 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive isometric zombie survival experience, offering deep, realistic mechanics that mirror the scavenging and survival intensity of the seed game.
- #2 DYSMANTLE
96% 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 35%, Survival 29.1%, Crafting 19.4%, Open World 7.2%, RPG 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric survival game that shares the exact same satisfying loop of exploring, crafting, and destroying the environment to survive a post-apocalyptic world.
- #3 7 Days to Die
96% 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 26%, Survival 23.1%, Online Co-Op 5.7%, Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A premier survival crafting game that emphasizes base building and defense against zombie hordes, perfect for those who enjoyed the crafting depth of the seed game.
- #4 How to Survive 2
95% matchMixed69% of 11,014 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
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 sequel offers expanded crafting and base-building mechanics while maintaining the core identity of the original.
- #5 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
94% 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 35.7%, Survival 27.5%, Co-op 8.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Open World 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the management and community-building aspects of zombie survival, providing a more modern and polished take on the genre.
- #6 Dead Island Definitive Edition
94% 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 40.2%, Survival 17.3%, Co-op 11.2%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Crafting 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the visceral, action-oriented combat against zombies in an island setting, capturing the same tropical survival vibe.
- #7 HumanitZ
92% 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 25.2%, Open World Survival Craft 19.6% ★, Survival 17.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric open-world survival game that focuses on scavenging and crafting in a world overrun by zombies.
- #8 Don't Starve Together
93% 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 56% ★, Survival 31%, Co-op 3.8%, Crafting 2.9%, Multiplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging top-down survival game that requires constant resource management and crafting to survive against increasingly difficult odds.
- #9 The Forest
91% 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 46.6% ★, Survival 24.8%, Crafting 10.6%, Zombies 5.4%, Open World 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more horror-focused, it offers an incredibly deep survival and crafting system set on a mysterious, dangerous island.
- #10 State of Decay: YOSE
91% 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 41.7%, Survival 26.6%, Open World 6.1%, Crafting 4.4%, Post-apocalyptic 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original entry in the series that established the standard for zombie survival management and base defense.
- #11 DEADCRAFT
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 36.2%, Survival 25.6%, Crafting 18.8%, Hack and Slash 7.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival action game where you craft items and even grow your own zombie army to survive in a wasteland.
- #12 Stranded Deep
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,770 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.9% ★, Survival 23.9%, Crafting 12%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Co-op 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the island-survival theme perfectly, requiring players to craft tools and manage health while stranded in the ocean.
- #13 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 37.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17% ★, Survival 10.5%, Co-op 7.4%, Crafting 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-octane, action-heavy zombie experience with a massive focus on improvised weapon crafting.
- #14 Raft
87% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Survival 24.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Co-op 10.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the survival-crafting loop, requiring players to scavenge resources to expand their base and survive.
- #15 Unturned
88% 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 29.3%, Survival 21%, Crafting 14.9%, Co-op 11.3%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A accessible yet deep survival game that combines zombie combat with extensive crafting and base-building elements.
- #16 Green Hell
86% 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 39.8% ★, Survival 22.1%, Crafting 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Online Co-Op 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival experience that emphasizes the harsh reality of living off the land, similar to the survival needs in the seed game.
- #17 Welcome to ParadiZe
86% 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 22.4%, Open World Survival Craft 17.3% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Co-op 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fun, action-packed zombie game that allows you to hack zombies to work for you, adding a creative twist to the survival genre.
- #18 No One Survived
84% 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 27%, Survival 24.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Co-op 6.7%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern survival game with a heavy emphasis on realistic crafting, base building, and zombie combat.
- #19 Mist Survival
85% 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 31.8% ★, Zombies 26.3%, Survival 24.2%, Crafting 7.7%, Open World 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A single-player survival game that features intense zombie encounters and a focus on building a secure shelter.
- #20 Miscreated
84% 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 37.3% ★, Survival 20.1%, Zombies 19.7%, Crafting 6.7%, Multiplayer 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that emphasizes scavenging and combat in a detailed, post-apocalyptic open world.
- #21 Survivalist
83% 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 28.2%, Survival 22.4%, Open World Survival Craft 17.4% ★, Crafting 7.9%, Co-op 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG-survival hybrid that emphasizes social interaction and base management in a zombie-ridden world.
- #22 Project Winter
82% matchVery Positive82% of 19,080 reviews2019
Dev: Other Ocean InteractivePub: Other Ocean Group
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.
Why similar: Survival 43%, Crafting 33.3%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Action 5.8%, Adventure 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and crafting with social deduction, forcing players to work together to survive in a hostile environment.
- #23 Radiation Island
82% matchVery Positive81% of 638 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Survival 22.8%, Zombies 21.4%, Crafting 6.4%, Open World 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-survival game that tasks players with exploring an island, crafting gear, and surviving against mutated threats.
- #24 The Wild Eight
81% 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 38.7% ★, Survival 24.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Co-op 8.4%, Multiplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that focuses on cooperative exploration and crafting in a harsh, frozen environment.
- #25 Don't Starve
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,372 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.9% ★, Survival 36.1%, Crafting 14.8%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Open World 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: The original single-player experience that set the bar for top-down survival and resource management.
- #26 Out of Reach
81% matchMixed57% of 3,051 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.8% ★, Survival 23.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Multiplayer 6%, Open World 5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game set on an island that focuses on building, crafting, and defending your territory from others.
- #27 Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
80% 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 36.7%, Survival 14.2%, Co-op 11.8%, Open World Survival Craft 8.5% ★, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the action-heavy, island-based zombie combat of the first game with improved mechanics.
- #28 Escape Dead Island
78% 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 53%, Survival 20.7%, Gore 6.6%, Open World 4.4%, Multiplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A spin-off that focuses on the mystery and action of the zombie outbreak with a unique visual style.
- #29 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 46.7%, Survival 27.6%, Open World 6.2%, Post-apocalyptic 4.7%, Multiplayer 3.2%
- #30 SurrounDead
73% 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 36.2%, Survival 23.2%, Open World Survival Craft 18.7% ★, Open World 5.6%, Post-apocalyptic 5.6%
- #31 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: Zombies 25.8%, Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Survival 19.4%, Crafting 9.3%, Multiplayer 4.2%
- #32 Polygeddon
74% matchMixed41% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Zombies 31.4%, Survival 19.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Co-op 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%
- #33 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 42.4% ★, Survival 22.4%, Zombies 9.8%, Crafting 6.9%, Multiplayer 5.3%
- #34 Dying Light
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 494,317 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 61.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Why similar: Zombies 28.2%, Open World Survival Craft 23.8% ★, Survival 13.3%, Online Co-Op 6.5%, Survival Horror 6.1%
- #35 DESOLATE
74% 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 39.4%, Zombies 35.4%, Open World 9.4%, Gore 5.3%, Crafting 3.6%
- #36 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
71% 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 26.4% ★, Zombies 22.4%, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 8.3%, Co-op 8.1%
- #37 Savage Lands
73% 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 43.7% ★, Survival 21.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Online Co-Op 6.6%, Multiplayer 5.3%
- #38 Better Late Than DEAD
75% matchMostly Negative28% of 910 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.
Why similar: Survival 35.6%, Zombies 19.4%, Crafting 17.3%, Co-op 7.5%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #39 Dead Maze
72% 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 38.5%, Survival 28.1%, Crafting 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Co-op 6.2%
- #40 Yet Another Zombie Defense
71% 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 87.5%, Survival 5.6%, Co-op 2.7%, Multiplayer 1.7%, Online Co-Op 0.9%
- #41 SCUM
67% 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 30.9% ★, Zombies 20.4%, Survival 16.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Online Co-Op 5.4%
- #42 Nomad
72% 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 21.6%, Survival 19%, Crafting 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #43 Rust
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,393,461 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.7 hrsMean: 429.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Survival 32.3%, Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Open World 5.1%
- #44 Project Castaway
67% matchMixed66% of 1,849 reviews2026
Dev: Mardonpol Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Survival 18.3%, Co-op 11.5%, Crafting 10.7%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
- #45 Apocalypse Island
69% matchMixed40% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Bettini Games
Windows
As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.
Why similar: Zombies 40.1%, Survival 28.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Action 3.9%
- #46 Force of Nature
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.5% ★, Survival 21.6%, Crafting 16.9%, Multiplayer 4.5%, Open World 4.2%
- #47 CastleMiner Z
69% matchVery Positive81% of 11,158 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Zombies 21.9%, Survival 16.9%, Crafting 7.5%, Co-op 5.5%
- #48 Fragmented
71% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Survival 22.7%, Crafting 9.2%, Multiplayer 5.7%, Open World 4.1%
- #49 LifeZ - Survival
70% 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 32.9% ★, Zombies 26.7%, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 7.7%, RPG 3%
- #50 Hurtworld
67% 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 36.4% ★, Survival 29.1%, Crafting 14.3%, Multiplayer 7%, Open World 5.5%
- #51 Contagion
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,738 reviews2013
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
Why similar: Zombies 44.5%, Survival 17.9%, Co-op 12%, Local Co-Op 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 6.8%
- #52 Zombie Survival Game Online
67% 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 27.9% ★, Zombies 23.6%, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 11.9%, Online Co-Op 6%
- #53 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
64% 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 29.5% ★, Zombies 27.2%, Survival 19%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 3.8%
- #54 ARK: Survival Evolved
66% matchVery Positive83% of 776,082 reviews2017
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 202.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.1% ★, Survival 23%, Crafting 11.6%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Co-op 6.2%
- #55 Infestation: The New Beginning
70% matchMixed42% of 25,431 reviews
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
Why similar: Zombies 53.7%, Survival 26.6%, Open World 4.4%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Co-op 3.6%
- #56 Dead Pixels
68% matchVery Positive87% of 2,425 reviews2012
Dev: CSR-Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 57.7%, Survival 13.4%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, Co-op 6.4%, Action 4.5%
