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'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 24.1% ★, Hunting 20.4% ★, Zombies 12.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Survival Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the core loop of scavenging by day and defending your base against massive zombie hordes by night.

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 30.6% ★, Underwater 21.9% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Co-op 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on open-world survival and base building with a unique emphasis on underwater exploration and scavenging.

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 30.2% ★, Zombies 17.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Open World 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive survival game featuring a mandatory day-night cycle where you must fortify your base to survive increasingly difficult zombie hordes.

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 22.8%, Open World 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Co-op 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes crafting, base building, and defending against zombies in a realistic open-world environment.

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Survival Horror 20.7%, Open World 19.4%, Co-op 18.8%, Sandbox 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a high-fidelity survival experience where you must build defenses and scavenge during the day while fending off terrifying mutants.

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 17.5%, Base Building 15%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Open World 12.8%, Co-op 10%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access survival game that focuses on scavenging and base fortification in a post-apocalyptic zombie-filled world.

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 25.4%, Base Building 21.7%, Open World 17.2%, Co-op 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community management, base building, and intense combat against persistent zombie threats in an open-world setting.

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 59.2% ★, Open World 14.5%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Sandbox 5.9%, Zombies 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep base-building mechanics with a terrifying horror atmosphere as you survive against cannibalistic mutants in a hostile wilderness.

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: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Zombies 19.6%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Open World 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dynamic day-night cycle where the world becomes significantly more dangerous after sunset, forcing you to rely on agility and combat skills.

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 23.1%, Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Open World 13.5%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A singleplayer-focused zombie survival game that emphasizes exploration, scavenging, and base management.

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: Open World Survival Craft 21.3% ★, Zombies 17.7%, Base Building 14%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Open World 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down open-world survival game that focuses on scavenging and building a base to survive the zombie apocalypse.

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 38.8% ★, Zombies 20.8%, Open World 13.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Sandbox 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a heavy emphasis on survival mechanics, base building, and defending against both zombies and bandits.

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 29.8% ★, Zombies 21.7%, Open World 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Sandbox 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the most realistic zombie survival simulation, emphasizing long-term base fortification and meticulous resource management.

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: Hunting 25.5% ★, Zombies 19.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that encourages scavenging and building defenses while exploring a post-apocalyptic world filled with the undead.

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Co-op 13.7%, Open World 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-altitude exploration with base building and survival mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.8% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Open World 12.2%, Co-op 9%, Sandbox 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Perfectly captures the loop of gathering resources, building complex bases, and preparing for intense boss encounters in a hostile world.

Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.7% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Open World 13.1%, Co-op 11.8%, PvE 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique survival-crafting experience with base building and exploration through diverse, dangerous realms.

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: Sandbox 18.8%, Base Building 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Zombies 16.7%, Open World 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access survival horror game that focuses on exploration and uncovering the mystery of a zombie-infested island.

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 56.9% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 7.7%, Co-op 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that focuses on building a base and defending it against AI hunters and environmental threats.

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 84.5% ★, Co-op 6.4%, Open World 4.3%, Sandbox 2.9%, Survival Horror 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized survival game that forces you to manage your sanity and resources while preparing for the deadly threats that emerge at night.

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 44.7% ★, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 10%, RPG 6.2%, Survival Horror 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a frozen post-apocalyptic world that requires base management and combat against eldritch horrors.

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 30.8% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Zombies 11.2%, Open World 10.5%, Survival Horror 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that blends base building with combat against wildlife and infected creatures.

Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Hunting 20.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Base Building 10.1%, Action RPG 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration, crafting, and combat in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies.

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: Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Zombies 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Co-op 11%

Why You'll Like It: A unique take on the zombie genre that allows you to capture and control zombies to help with base building and combat.

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 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that emphasizes scavenging for resources to build defenses against zombies.

DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Zombies 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Sandbox 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that emphasizes looting, base building, and cooperative play against zombie hordes.

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 29.9% ★, Underwater 20.8% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Co-op 10.6%, Sandbox 9.4%

Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Open World 11%, Sandbox 10.2%, Co-op 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A massive open-world survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and exploring diverse biomes.

Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!

Why similar: Action RPG 19.7%, Co-op 18.8%, Open World 18.2%, Sandbox 18%, PvE 10.5%

KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Co-op 11.6%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 10.3%

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 35.2% ★, Zombies 18.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%, Sandbox 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival game that focuses on gathering resources and building a base to survive in a zombie-infested world.

The Last Disease Z is a co-op survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.8% ★, Hunting 18.7% ★, Zombies 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Open World 7.2%

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.8% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 11.9%, Base Building 7.3%, Co-op 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that combines exploration, crafting, and base building with a variety of enemies.

Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Base Building 13%, Sandbox 9.9%, Co-op 9.1%

Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 10.4%

Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Open World 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.8%, PvE 8.4%

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 27.2%, Open World 24.3%, Action RPG 13.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, PvE 7.9%

Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Zombies 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Co-op 10.9%

Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.1%

Voyagers of Nera is a cooperative survival-crafting game where you must survive a magical ocean world brimming with lost spirits and deadly monsters. Sail to distant islands, build beautiful villages and surf across the waves with up to 10 players.

Why similar: Underwater 27.4% ★, Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Co-op 10.7%, PvE 8.4%

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 47.9% ★, Open World 12.9%, Hunting 12.7% ★, Base Building 8.7%, Sandbox 6.9%

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Co-op 13%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 11.7%

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 39.2% ★, Zombies 19.7%, Open World 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Third Person 7.4%

Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%

Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.2% ★, Base Building 14.2%, PvE 12.5%, Open World 10.1%, Exploration 7.6%

Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Hunting 25.1% ★, Underwater 12.5% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 8.5%

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: Base Building 19.9%, Zombies 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Co-op 15.3%, Open World 15.1%

Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Base Building 20.8%, Open World 15.2%, Co-op 8.3%, RPG 4.9%

Adventure Craft is a challenging procedurally generated sandbox RPG with roguelike elements. Hunt monsters, horde loot, and craft weapons and armor, to survive in a vast ever-changing RPG world full of action, extreme danger and wonderful surprises.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 10%

Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Action RPG 9.8%, Sandbox 9.5%

Fera: The Sundered Tribes is an enthralling mixture of monster hunting survival action RPG with village building and tribe management with groundbreaking aerial traversal and combat mechanics.

Why similar: Hunting 25.4% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Action RPG 9.9%, Open World 8.8%

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Sandbox 10.6%

Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

Why similar: Hunting 23.9% ★, Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Open World 8.8%, Sandbox 8.7%

You are just an ordinary person, with only a small boat serving as your home, struggling to find a way to survive in the ruthless ocean of the post-apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Co-op 12.7%, Third Person 5.6%

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 37.4% ★, Zombies 18.2%, Third Person 11%, Open World 10.8%, PvE 9.4%

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.5% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Co-op 9%

You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Base Building 14.7%, PvE 10.4%, Open World 9.8%, Sandbox 8.9%

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: Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Open World Survival Craft 15.8% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Zombies 14.2%, Sandbox 12.9%

An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 12.4%, PvE 8.5%