- #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 25.9%, Open World Survival Craft 24.4% ★, Survival 19.4%, Crafting 9.5%, Multiplayer 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original isometric predecessor that shares the exact same crafting and survival mechanics.
- #2 How to Survive 2
96% matchMixed69% of 11,008 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Zombies 24.8%, Survival 19.1%, Crafting 7.1%, Open World 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel that expands on the original's crafting and base-building systems with improved multiplayer.
- #3 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
96% 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 33.7%, Survival 27%, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 9%, Co-op 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, third-person zombie survival experience with a heavy focus on base management and community building.
- #4 7 Days to Die
94% 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 32.1% ★, Zombies 24.5%, Survival 22.6%, Open World 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines voxel-based building with intense zombie survival, perfect for those who enjoy the crafting and fortification aspects of the seed game.
- #5 Project Zomboid
95% 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: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Zombies 25%, Survival 21.3%, Open World 8.5%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the most complex and realistic survival simulation in a zombie-infested world, emphasizing long-term planning and resource gathering.
- #6 Days Gone
93% matchVery Positive93% of 115,112 reviews2021
Dev: Bend StudioPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 18.9 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 26.2%, Open World Survival Craft 16.2% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 13.6%, Multiplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a narrative-driven third-person experience centered on motorcycle traversal and surviving massive zombie hordes.
- #7 State of Decay: YOSE
94% 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 37.7%, Survival 25.2%, Open World 12.8%, Multiplayer 5.1%, Third Person 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational title for the series, offering a gritty, third-person perspective on managing a group of survivors in a zombie apocalypse.
- #8 Dying Light
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 490,342 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 61.1 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 27.9%, Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Survival 13.7%, Open World 9%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features high-octane parkour-based combat and exploration in a sprawling, zombie-infested open world.
- #9 Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
91% 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 33.8%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 9.7%, Open World Survival Craft 9.2% ★, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the melee-focused zombie action with expanded survival mechanics and co-op gameplay.
- #10 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 23.5%, Open World Survival Craft 21.8% ★, Survival 16.9%, Crafting 10.4%, Open World 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that captures the scavenging and crafting loop of the seed game with a modern aesthetic.
- #11 Dead Island Definitive Edition
91% 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 37.5%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Co-op 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on visceral, melee-heavy combat against zombies in a tropical open-world setting.
- #12 Mist Survival
90% 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 32.3% ★, Zombies 22.7%, Survival 21.8%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A single-player focused survival game that emphasizes stealth and base fortification against both zombies and environmental threats.
- #13 Night of the Dead
89% 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 29.7% ★, Zombies 20.3%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world survival with tower-defense mechanics, requiring players to craft traps to survive nightly zombie assaults.
- #14 The Forest
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 676,820 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 45.5% ★, Survival 21.5%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 9%, Zombies 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on mutants rather than zombies, it offers a premier open-world survival and crafting experience with a strong emphasis on base building.
- #15 SurrounDead
86% 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 32.5%, Survival 21.5%, Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Open World 11.7%, Third Person 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore single-player survival experience that focuses on scavenging, looting, and managing resources in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #16 Survivalist
87% 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 26.5%, Survival 21.9%, Open World Survival Craft 19.2% ★, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: An indie gem that blends RPG elements, base management, and zombie survival in a unique, stylized world.
- #17 Miscreated
86% 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 39.5% ★, Survival 18.9%, Zombies 17.7%, Open World 8.5%, Crafting 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that emphasizes scavenging and player interaction in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #18 Green Hell
84% matchVery Positive85% of 99,313 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.5 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 43.5% ★, Survival 21.3%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an intense survival experience where managing health, nutrition, and crafting is paramount to surviving a hostile environment.
- #19 SCUM
82% 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 30.8% ★, Zombies 17.3%, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed survival simulation with complex metabolism and crafting systems in a large-scale open world.
- #20 DESOLATE
84% 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 32.7%, Zombies 28.2%, Open World 17.4%, Gore 5.6%, Horror 5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game that emphasizes exploration and crafting in a mysterious, hostile environment.
- #21 Escape Dead Island
85% 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 43.2%, Survival 17.6%, Third Person 8.8%, Open World 8.3%, Gore 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A spin-off title that offers a more linear, narrative-driven take on the Dead Island zombie survival formula.
- #22 Radiation Island
83% matchVery Positive81% of 632 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 39.1% ★, Survival 20.4%, Zombies 18.4%, Open World 5.8%, Crafting 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival adventure that tasks players with crafting and exploring to uncover the secrets of a mysterious island.
- #23 METAL GEAR SURVIVE
82% 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: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Zombies 21.3%, Survival 18.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of base building, resource management, and tactical combat against crystalline zombie-like creatures.
- #24 No One Survived
79% 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 25.5%, Survival 23.7%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: A modern survival game that focuses on realistic crafting and base building in a dangerous, zombie-filled world.
- #25 Unturned
80% 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 28.7%, Survival 21.4%, Crafting 14.9%, Open World 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play survival game that features a distinct art style while providing deep crafting and multiplayer survival mechanics.
- #26 Force of Nature
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,205 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% ★, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 14.5%, Open World 8.2%, Multiplayer 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on gathering resources and building a base in a procedurally generated world.
- #27 The Escapists: The Walking Dead
79% matchMixed64% of 899 reviews2015
Dev: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.
Why similar: Zombies 46.2%, Survival 23.7%, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A clever crossover that applies the familiar Escapists crafting and survival loop to a zombie-themed setting.
- #28 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 40.7%, Survival 25%, Open World 12.5%, Third Person 5.3%, Multiplayer 3.9%
- #29 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 34.7% ★, Zombies 23.9%, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 7%, Open World 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival game that emphasizes gathering, crafting, and defending against zombie threats.
- #30 Dead Rising 4
78% matchMixed57% of 8,345 reviews2017
Dev: Capcom Game Studio Vancouver, Inc.Pub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
Why similar: Zombies 40.8%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 12.9%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Co-op 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the action-oriented side of zombie survival, allowing for creative weapon crafting and mass zombie destruction.
- #31 DARKEST DAYS
75% 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 29.4%, Survival 19.6%, Open World 12.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Crafting 8.6%
- #32 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
76% 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 44.7% ★, Survival 21%, Zombies 8.8%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #33 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
72% 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 30.6% ★, Zombies 24.2%, Survival 17.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Open World 7.9%
- #34 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
75% 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 34.3%, Open World Survival Craft 18.2% ★, Survival 9.9%, Open World 8.9%, Crafting 5.2%
- #35 Next Day: Survival
74% 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 39.7%, Open World 18.7%, Multiplayer 13%, Crafting 12.7%, Co-op 4.5%
- #36 Walking Zombie 2
73% 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 31.9% ★, Zombies 23.3%, Survival 14.9%, Open World 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #37 INCUR Survival
73% matchVery Positive82% of 108 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Zombies 21.2%, Survival 14%, Crafting 10.5%, Open World 7.6%
- #38 Shadows of Kurgansk
74% matchMixed67% of 224 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!
Why similar: Zombies 32.2%, Survival 29.1%, Crafting 13.4%, RPG 6.2%, Open World 5.4%
- #39 The Long Dark
70% matchVery Positive89% of 122,628 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51% ★, Survival 26.2%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 7.1%, Adventure 1.7%
- #40 Last Whisper
70% matchMixed67% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: 12Studio
Windows
Last Whisper Survival is a cooperative zombie survival game where exploration of the open world is key. As you venture further, you'll need to upgrade your gear and level up your character and skill tree to handle the increasing challenges as you move through the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Zombies 19.1%, Survival 16%, Third Person 8.6%, Open World 7.1%
- #41 Gone: Survival
72% matchMixed44% of 312 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Zombies 27%, Survival 21.8%, Crafting 15.7%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #42 Fallen Region
71% matchMixed42% of 198 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 21.4%, Open World Survival Craft 19.9% ★, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 8.4%, Open World 7.3%
- #43 ZOMBI
71% matchMixed64% of 3,094 reviews2015
Dev: Straight RightPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.
Why similar: Zombies 45.6%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Survival Horror 4.2%
- #44 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
70% matchMixed54% of 900 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.
Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Survival 18%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 10.9%, Gore 5.2%
- #45 Welcome to ParadiZe
67% 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 23.1%, Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #46 30 days to survive
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: HeXPub: Laush Studio
Windows
"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Zombies 21.9%, Survival 15.4%, Crafting 11%, Open World 8%
- #47 VEIN
64% 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 29.4%, Survival 23.9%, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #48 Infestation: The New Beginning
71% 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 48.5%, Survival 25%, Open World 9.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Action 2.9%
- #49 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
65% 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 27.8% ★, Zombies 20%, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 7.6%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #50 Herd is Coming
69% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1% ★, Zombies 24%, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10%
- #51 Fade to Silence
68% matchMixed63% of 1,329 reviews2019
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 22.6%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 8.3%, Third Person 4.1%
- #52 Dead Effect 2
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,305 reviews2016
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.Pub: App Holdings
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 38.6%, Survival 21%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Co-op 8.2%, Gore 5.7%
- #53 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
69% matchMixed50% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Mehan Games
Windows
You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Survival 24.8%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 10%, RPG 7.7%
- #54 Zombie Survival Game Online
66% 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 32.1% ★, Zombies 23.2%, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 7.3%
- #55 Infestation: The New Z
68% 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 41.5%, Survival 23.7%, Open World 12%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Third-Person Shooter 2.5%
- #56 Daymare: 1998
67% matchMixed69% of 4,227 reviews2019
Dev: Invader Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Why similar: Zombies 39.5%, Survival 13.8%, Third Person 8.9%, Third-Person Shooter 7.2%, Survival Horror 6.8%
