- #1 Frozen State
97% matchMixed64% of 549 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
Why similar: Zombies 12.7%, Open World Survival Craft 12% ★, Survival 11.7%, Isometric 8.9%, Crafting 8.4%
- #2 Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows
The dead won. Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2 is an open-world survival game: your past life shapes your second one – a nurse survives one way, a cop another. Scavenge, craft, build, farm, alone or with friends. The dead don't starve, don't tire, don't freeze. You do. Reach the Terminus, or die trying.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 12.2% ★, Zombies 11.9%, Isometric 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #3 Squad Zero
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 16%, Sandbox 14.6%, Isometric 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Survival 10.5%
- #4 THE REVENANTS
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sliva Group
Windows
The Revenants is a hardcore turn—based survival story generator with elements of strategy. Hide from the poisonous fog, search for items, fight the danger and try to save your life.
Why similar: Isometric 20%, Open World Survival Craft 11.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Zombies 10.4%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #5 HumanitZ
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,430 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 14.3%, Isometric 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Open World Survival Craft 10.4% ★, Sandbox 9.5%
- #6 Herd is Coming
94% 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: Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Zombies 14.3%, Open World Survival Craft 12.4% ★, Open World 10.1%, Sandbox 10%
- #7 Project Zomboid
93% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 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 18.7%, Open World Survival Craft 15.6% ★, Survival 13.4%, Open World 10.8%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #8 Junk Survivor
92% matchMixed70% of 83 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: Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Zombies 16.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 9.8%
- #9 By the Dead
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Loomeit Studios
Windows
Explore the dark, fight the un-dead forces, gather valuable resources, craft for survival, build safe shelters, and survive the night in this eerie open world survival crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.5% ★, Zombies 15.2%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 10.7%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #10 404 Survivor
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YSLJ Studio
Windows
The horde is coming. 404 Survivor is a top-down post-apocalyptic survival game focused on scavenging, crafting, and base building. Gather resources and fortify your base by day, then defend against growing zombie hordes by night. Every night could be your last.
Why similar: Zombies 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Isometric 12.1%, Open World 10.6%
- #11 Project Zarya
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Benzeji Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Zarya is an open-world adventure set in post-apocalyptic Russia, where every day is a fight for survival. Explore, gather resources, build shelters, craft equipment, and battle the infected alone or with friends.
Why similar: Zombies 15.4%, Isometric 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Crafting 10.8%, PvE 10.2%
- #12 Look Alive
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wabby's Land
Windows
It’s time to look alive and get to safety. Drive, scavenge, eat, and crush ragdoll zombies as you try to survive this vast world. Meet survivors and accept quests or make enemies and loot them all.
Why similar: Isometric 17.9%, Zombies 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Open World Survival Craft 14.2% ★, Open World 9.7%
- #13 SCP
89% matchMostly Negative38% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Molance Games
Windows
Explore, craft, and survive in a post-apocalyptic world where SCP anomalies roam freely. Brace yourself for nightly assaults as SCP-049's twisted creations close in.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Zombies 10.8%, Crafting 9.2%, Open World 9%
- #14 Ozone Wipeout
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CitrioN
Windows
Ozone Wipeout is a post apocalyptic zombie survival game in a procedurally generated open world. Staying alive is your only goal which is much easier said than done. Harsh weather conditions, zombies and resource scarcity are only a few of many things you will have to deal with.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.1% ★, Zombies 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 9.9%
- #15 TexanLand
86% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Brigorma Studios
Windows
Pick a side. Or burn it down anyway. TexanLand is an open world zombie survival game with four factions, dismemberment-heavy combat, and total freedom to play the villain, the hero, or whatever's funniest.
Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Sandbox 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 11.1%
- #16 In the Van
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Tofu
Windows · Mac
A cozy post-apocalyptic survival game where your van is your home and your key to survival. Scavenge, craft, and uncover the stories the dead left behind to find a way out.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 14% ★, Zombies 13.6%, Sandbox 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Crafting 9.9%
- #17 Afterlight Survival
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Afterlight Studios
Windows · Linux
Afterlight Survival is an open-world sandbox survival horror game combining base-building, crafting, and tower defense. Hunt for supplies by day. Build your defenses and outlast the horde when night falls, solo or co-op. The virus was planned. You're the loose end.
Why similar: Zombies 14%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 9.9%
- #18 The Highrise
85% matchMixed56% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Hatch Co., Ltd.
Windows
THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.3% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
- #19 Drifter at World's End
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drifter Studio
Windows
This is a text-driven post-apocalyptic survival game where you will determine your fate by rolling dice and struggle to survive in the ruins while driving a motorhome.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15% ★, Zombies 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Isometric 12.3%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #20 Z: The End
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Ridgeline Studios LLC
Windows
Z: The End is a top-down shooter survival sandbox set in a world infested with zombies. Explore, scavenge for supplies and weapons, and survive as long as you can against the zombies and the elements.
Why similar: Sandbox 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Zombies 11.5%, PvE 10.9%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #21 Polygon Survival
82% matchMostly Negative39% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19% ★, Zombies 16%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 10.6%
- #22 FRIGID
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Hunt, build, craft and survive an apocalyptic arctic environment and unravel the mystery of a strange virus that is infecting the local wildlife. Inspired by The Thing!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 9.6%
- #23 No More Light
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Para 51 GamesPub: Invictus
Windows
No More Light is a narrative survival shooter where humanity’s last remnants battle an alien insectoid invasion. Thrown into a post-apocalyptic world, you’ll turn enemies into weapons, undergo a deadly metamorphosis, control weather, and fight for survival in brutal, high-stakes combat.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Zombies 13%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 10.1%, Survival 8.7%
- #24 Vorax
81% matchMixed60% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Zombies 13.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 10%
- #25 Corpse Mansion
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Dungeonmind
Windows · Mac
Infiltrate a city under total military lockdown as Detective Draven Vaughn. Search for your missing partner, scavenge for supplies, and customize your arsenal to survive the reanimating dead. In Helga City, every choice counts—and time is running out.
Why similar: Zombies 17.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Open World 11.4%, Survival Horror 11.1%
- #26 Soviet Survival
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 78 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 15.9%, Isometric 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 10.5%
- #27 Medieval Apocalypse
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joma Rage
Windows · Mac
The main goal in Medieval Apocalypse is not only to survive as in previous survival games where you had to watch over the hunger, thirst, fatigue but the player will have to watch out for infection caused by zombies to not become one of them.
Why similar: Zombies 16.9%, Sandbox 12%, Open World 11.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival 10.2%
- #28 ZIC: Survival
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Isometric 12.7%, Open World Survival Craft 12.5% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Zombies 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #29 Unforged
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lisowi Studios
Windows
A dark survival experience where you must explore a mysterious wilderness, gather resources, craft tools, and survive the horrors that emerge after nightfall. The wilderness is unforgiving. The night is worse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Horror 8.5%
- #30 HUNKER DOWN
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: munkgames
Windows
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.
Why similar: Zombies 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Open World Survival Craft 13.4% ★, Crafting 12%, Survival 10.6%
- #31 Survivalist
77% 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 19.7%, Survival 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Open World Survival Craft 11.3% ★, Open World 10.1%
- #32 Devil's Island
76% matchMixed65% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Never Say Never
Windows
In this horror zombie survival game, set in a post-apocalyptic taiga forest, players must grapple with nature while managing hunger, thirst, health, and resources. They can collect mushrooms, craft items and weapons, cook raw meat, and battle various enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Zombies 13.9%, Open World 9.3%, Survival Horror 9%
- #33 Category 6
73% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: Crafty Game Lab
Windows
Brace yourself for the ultimate open-world survival craft experience. Welcome to a world shattered by the relentless fury of the most colossal hurricane in history. Explore and gather resources for survival and crafting. Fight off aggressive wildlife and scavengers. Play story mode or survival mode
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 9.9%
- #34 The Old Forge
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ToF Studio
Windows
Explore a open world inspired by 1990s Poland. Scavenge, build, craft and dig your way through forests, villages and industrial ruins surviving the zombies, harsh weather and the constant fight for food, warmth and safety.
Why similar: Zombies 18%, Open World 13%, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 11.3%
- #35 LifeZ - Survival
76% 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 22.2% ★, Zombies 19.2%, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%
- #36 Times of Survival
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Can Games Studio
Windows
Times of Survival is a co-op zombie survival game with souls-like inspired combat system, set in a post-apocalyptic world. Fortify your base, fight hordes of zombies and battle epic bosses. Explore, craft, and master punishing combat while building your settlement and leading survivors to hope.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.6% ★, Zombies 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Isometric 12.5%, Open World 9.5%
- #37 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
75% matchMostly Negative38% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.8% ★, Sandbox 14%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #38 Hearts Gone Black
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Life Is Hard Games
Windows
Hearts Gone Black is a top-down zombie survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world. Manage your base and survivors, scavenge, gather resources, craft equipment, and defend against infected while endure a broken world where weather, hunger, sanity, and moral choices can slowly wear you down.
Why similar: Zombies 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 11%
- #39 Subterrain
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,399 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.3% ★, Survival 15.1%, Zombies 14%, Top-Down 13.2%, Crafting 12.7%
- #40 Scavland
70% matchVery Positive84% of 983 reviews2026
Dev: NoShadow
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Scavland is a hardcore Top-Down Pixel Art survival RPG set in a Post-Apocalyptic Soviet world. Scavenge the wastes and forgotten bunkers, take dangerous jobs, build your reputation, and customize your arsenal as you fight to survive mutants, hostile survivors, radiation, and the deadly Mist.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Cold War 20.6% ★, Isometric 14.7%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 11.1%
- #41 Survivance
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Endless Worlds Studio
Windows
Stranded on an uncharted alien world with a broken ship and no rescue coming. Scan the wildlife, uncover the truth behind abandoned human outposts, and build the technology you need to escape, before this planet becomes your grave.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Survival 15.9%, PvE 14.1%, Open World 13.3%, Exploration 10.9%
- #42 Last of Humanity
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divine Games, inc.
Windows
Welcome to Last of Humanity, an online open-world sandbox multiplayer zombie survival game. Travel the zombie wasteland as you attempt to rebuild society controlling key locations to manufacture & produce equipment for survival. Forage, Craft and shoot your way to survival from the dead and living.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Zombies 13%, Crafting 11.2%, Exploration 8.6%
- #43 Road Survival: Bigger on the Inside
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Folded Worlds
Windows
In a toxic, zombie-ridden wasteland, survival is brutal. Upgrade your RV into a foldable-space mobile base—farm, craft, gather resources, and fend off the undead to build your last safe haven.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.8% ★, Zombies 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Crafting 10.5%, PvE 9.8%
- #44 Crushed
73% matchMixed53% of 321 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.7% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Open World 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Zombies 10.3%
- #45 Apocalypse Island
71% matchMostly Negative40% 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 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.7%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 8.4%
- #46 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
69% matchVery Positive94% of 4,509 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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 17.7% ★, Zombies 17.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
- #47 The Infected
71% matchVery Positive84% of 7,020 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.5 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 17.3% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Zombies 10.4%, Open World 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%
- #48 Necrocyte
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloatSurvival
Windows
In a world devastated by the infected, you play as a surviving soldier enhanced with a mechanical arm. Explore dangerous regions, gather resources, discover powerful abilities, and fight to survive in a hostile world.
Why similar: Zombies 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Open World 11.4%, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 10.1%
- #49 Blackroot: Medieval Survival
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Owl GamesPub: Corpix Games
Windows
Survive in a dark medieval world plagued by the undead. Gather resources, build shelter, and face the horrors of Blackroot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.3% ★, Zombies 15.2%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 10.2%, Open World 9.9%
- #50 The Last Disease Z
68% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Bublig
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer 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 15.4% ★, Zombies 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 9.7%
- #51 The Overlap
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Back Pocket Games
Windows
The Overlap is a survival-cosmic-horror 2D sandbox. Explore procedurally generated wastelands, scavenge resources, craft, build, customize and upgrade your survivor, face eldritch horrors, survive the post-cataclysmic world alongside friends online and find out the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival Horror 9.6%
- #52 Camp Dawn
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero1Play
Windows
Camp Dawn: a father's survival adventure to protect his daughter. Break everything in a zombie post-apocalypse for resources. Craft and upgrade gear, reach the safety of Camp Dawn. Your choices shape your daughter's future.
Why similar: Zombies 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Survival 16.4%, Isometric 11.2%, Crafting 11.1%
- #53 The Forest
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 683,269 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.4 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 28.1% ★, Survival 14%, Open World 11.9%, Horror 9.6%, Crafting 9.2%
- #54 Hiraeth
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Jade Horse
Windows
A first‑person hard sci‑fi survival game on Ahra Prime. Explore, craft, fight, and endure a hostile alien world. Story Mode begins — uncover what happened to the vanished colony.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 10.3%
- #55 Just Survival - The Zombie Awakening
68% matchMixed46% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Alone Clone StudiosPub: Awakening Games Entertainment
Windows
Just Survival - The Zombie Awakening is a early access version of a 4 Year Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Survival Open World MMOPG. This new survival game, immerses you in a unique earth as humanity is fighting back & teaming up to Survive the Infected Zombie Hordes! Visit "about this" page for more Info.
Why similar: Zombies 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 10.4%
- #56 Survival Story
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: MARCUSENOK
Windows
Survival Story is a zombie-infested world where every step can be the last. Look for food and water, hunt and craft, and find out all the secrets that this world hides. Can you survive in a harsh world where everyone wants to kick your ass?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Sandbox 17.2%, Zombies 13.6%, Top-Down 11.1%, Open World 10.1%
- #57 Alien Apocalypse
66% matchMixed50% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: Umbu Games
Windows
An open-world sandbox survival game set after a devastating alien invasion. Scavenge for resources, craft, build defenses, and harness alien technology to fight back. Play solo or in co-op and reclaim what’s left of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.9% ★, Isometric 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Open World 10.4%
- #58 Project: Mist
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 304 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Open World 10.2%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Crafting 9.7%
- #59 Behold The Dark
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Harness Games
Windows
Behold The Dark is a 2D isometric action, adventure game with pixel graphics and survival horror elements emphasizing on lighting mechanics. Fight off monsters, interact with people, stay in the light, do whatever it takes to fend off that horrible oblivion.
Why similar: Isometric 22%, Open World 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Zombies 11%, Exploration 9.7%