- #1 Project Zomboid
97% matchVery Positive94% of 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Zombies 20%, Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 10%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive isometric zombie survival experience, offering unparalleled depth in crafting, base-building, and survival simulation.
- #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: Zombies 24%, Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 8.4%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features an isometric perspective with a heavy focus on crafting and co-op survival against zombie hordes.
- #3 Dread Dawn
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,236 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.
Why similar: Zombies 27.8%, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Open World 12%, Sandbox 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric zombie survival game that mirrors the exploration and scavenging loops found in HumanitZ.
- #4 Welcome to ParadiZe
95% matchMixed67% of 1,293 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Zombies 15.6%, Open World Survival Craft 11.8% ★, Base Building 9.3%, Isometric 9.3%, Survival 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines isometric action with unique zombie-taming mechanics and base-building in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #5 SurrounDead
94% 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 26.2%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 13.9%, Open World Survival Craft 13% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A third-person survival game that captures the exact scavenging and combat loop of HumanitZ in an open-world setting.
- #6 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
94% 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 22.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 14%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: While third-person, it is the gold standard for community-focused zombie survival and base management.
- #7 DYSMANTLE
93% matchVery Positive91% of 11,503 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 21.4%, Survival 17.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Open World 15.1%, Crafting 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric open-world game where destroying the environment for resources is key to surviving and progressing.
- #8 VEIN
92% 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 18.4%, Survival 13.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An early-access survival title that emphasizes realistic scavenging and base-building in a zombie-ridden world.
- #9 Night of the Dead
91% 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 17.2% ★, Zombies 14%, Base Building 10%, Crafting 8.2%, Survival 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on trap-building and base defense against nightly zombie waves.
- #10 No One Survived
91% 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 19.9%, Survival 17.2%, Open World 13.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes realistic crafting and base construction in a harsh post-apocalyptic environment.
- #11 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
90% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Open World 11%, Survival 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep base-building and community management mechanics within an isometric survival framework.
- #12 7 Days to Die
89% 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 17.7% ★, Zombies 16.1%, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the most robust base-building and horde-defense mechanics in the survival genre.
- #13 Once Human
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 177,968 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.3% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Open World 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that features extensive building and cooperative multiplayer elements.
- #14 Mist Survival
89% 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 22.8% ★, Zombies 19.1%, Survival 17%, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic survival mechanics and base-building against both zombies and environmental hazards.
- #15 The Front
86% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 44.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A massive open-world survival game with a heavy emphasis on base-building and defensive fortifications.
- #16 SCUM
85% 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 22.9% ★, Zombies 15.3%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers extreme survival realism and complex character management for players who want a more hardcore experience.
- #17 DeadPoly
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,038 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.9% ★, Zombies 14.3%, Base Building 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Survival 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that focuses on looting and building in a multiplayer zombie apocalypse.
- #18 Subsistence
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,723 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 10.5%, Base Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game where building a secure base is essential to surviving against AI and wildlife.
- #19 Survive the Nights
84% matchMixed66% of 6,615 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 18.4%, Open World Survival Craft 17.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic survival game that prioritizes base fortification and surviving the night against zombie threats.
- #20 The Infected
84% matchVery Positive84% of 6,958 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Zombies 11.8%, Survival 10.5%, Crafting 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that blends base-building with tower defense elements against infected enemies.
- #21 Deadside
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,400 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Survival 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Open World 10.6%, Base Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that emphasizes tactical combat and base-building in a large open world.
- #22 DARKEST DAYS
83% 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 18.6%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Base Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play survival game that offers a similar open-world zombie experience with multiplayer focus.
- #23 Enshrouded
81% matchVery Positive86% of 103,247 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 18.4%, Open World 17.2%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Online Co-Op 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features excellent base-building and exploration mechanics within a dangerous, survival-focused open world.
- #24 Miscreated
82% 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 28.8% ★, Zombies 15.4%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on exploration and scavenging in a dangerous, mutant-filled world.
- #25 Outbreak Island
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,017 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival 15.3%, Zombies 14.2%, Sandbox 12.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on investigation and resource management in a mysterious, zombie-infested setting.
- #26 Dead Maze
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,803 reviews2018
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.
Why similar: Zombies 30.3%, Survival 21.3%, Open World 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric, massively multiplayer zombie survival game that emphasizes cooperative resource gathering.
- #27 XERA: Survival
80% matchMixed66% of 7,928 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.1% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that combines scavenging, crafting, and PvP elements.
- #28 The Last Stand: Aftermath
78% matchVery Positive81% of 6,661 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Zombies 35.5%, Survival 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Crafting 9.8%, Shooter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric rogue-lite survival game that captures the tension of scavenging in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #29 Unturned
78% 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 19.5%, Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival game that offers extensive base-building and crafting in a zombie-filled sandbox.
- #30 PolyZ
79% matchMixed49% of 279 reviews2024
Dev: Thirteen37 Games™
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.8% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Zombies 12.3%, Survival 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that focuses on base-building and action-oriented zombie combat.
- #31 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
74% 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 21.4% ★, Zombies 20.2%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 8.7%
- #32 DayZ
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 464,547 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.6 hrsMean: 277.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Zombies 15.3%, Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Open World 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #33 State of Decay: YOSE
77% 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 27.2%, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 14%, Open World 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
- #34 State of Decay
75% 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 31.1%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Base Building 8.4%
- #35 Undawn
75% matchMixed54% of 6,593 reviews2023
Dev: Lightspeed StudiosPub: Level Infinite
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 40.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.
Why similar: Survival 15.1%, Open World 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Zombies 10.7%
- #36 Infection Free Zone
73% matchVery Positive81% of 18,136 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Zombies 29.2%, Base Building 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #37 DREADZONE
74% matchMixed51% of 1,197 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 17.2%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 12.8%, Crafting 12.3%
- #38 Green Hell
73% 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 28.3% ★, Survival 15.3%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%
- #39 Soviet Survival
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
Why similar: Zombies 13.5%, Base Building 9.5%, Survival 8.9%, Isometric 8.5%, Open World 7.8%
- #40 Sunkenland
71% matchVery Positive81% of 23,452 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Open World 8.1%
- #41 MISERY
69% matchVery Positive84% of 24,347 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Survival 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.9%
- #42 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
71% matchVery Positive82% of 10,269 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Base Building 14%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 9.8%
- #43 Survivalist
73% 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 20%, Survival 15.3%, Open World Survival Craft 12.1% ★, Base Building 10%, Open World 9%
- #44 Walking Zombie 2
70% 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 20.1% ★, Zombies 17.5%, Survival 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Open World 9.6%
- #45 ZED ZONE
70% matchVery Positive80% of 3,598 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Zombies 24%, Survival 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 12.7%
- #46 Infestation: The New Z
72% 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 35.8%, Survival 18.9%, Open World 15.2%, Multiplayer 10.9%, PvP 4.8%
- #47 Human Host
67% matchVery Positive83% of 429 reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Matrix Studio
Windows
Human Host is an open-world zombie survival crafting game. In this endless procedurally generated world, terrain, buildings, trees, rocks—everything is destructible! Build massive mobile bases, dig deep underground, construct trap-filled fortresses, scavenge supplies, and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Zombies 25.5%, Survival 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 12.5%
- #48 Plains of Pain
69% matchVery Positive83% of 869 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive in a post-apocalyptic open-world sandbox alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by heat and chaos. Build a base, develop skills, craft tools and weapons, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, earn faction reputation, or take part in faction wars.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Survival 9.3%, Crafting 8.9%
- #49 Taora : Beginning
68% matchVery Positive87% of 2,238 reviews2023
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 16.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Open World 11%
- #50 LifeZ - Survival
71% 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 24.2% ★, Zombies 19.8%, Survival 13.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Crafting 6.9%
- #51 How to Survive
70% 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 24.9%, Open World Survival Craft 19.7% ★, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Multiplayer 5.2%
- #52 Zompiercer
68% matchVery Positive89% of 4,489 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.
Why similar: Zombies 21.4%, Base Building 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Survival 11.6%
- #53 IfSunSets
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,314 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.3% ★, Zombies 17.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Open World 10.6%
- #54 Decision: Red Daze
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 889 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Survival 15.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Open World 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%
- #55 Junk Survivor
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Zombies 20%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 9.5%
- #56 ICARUS
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 64,831 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% ★, Survival 15%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Online Co-Op 9.7%
- #57 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
69% 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 26.6%, Survival 15.8%, Open World 15.2%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #58 iZolated
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: Zombies 14.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World Survival Craft 10.1% ★