- #1 DREADZONE
97% matchMixed51% of 1,171 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 16.4%, Base Building 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 13.7%
- #2 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
96% matchMixed61% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 19.1%, Survival Horror 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.4%
- #3 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
95% matchVery Positive88% of 8,056 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
Why similar: Zombies 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Stealth 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Perma Death 12.9%
- #4 Mist Survival
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 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: Zombies 29.2%, Survival 27.2%, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival Horror 9.3%
- #5 Junk Survivor
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 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 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Survival 14%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Crafting 10.8%
- #6 LifeZ - Survival
94% 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: Zombies 26.6%, Survival 19%, Base Building 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Crafting 10.9%
- #7 Gone: Survival
93% matchMixed44% of 308 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: Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Zombies 17%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 13.3%
- #8 Invention 3
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Zombies 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Survival 11%, Survival Horror 9.4%
- #9 ZED ZONE
90% matchVery Positive80% of 3,539 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 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 29.8%, Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Survival 20.6%, Crafting 18.5%, Action 4.8%
- #10 Crafting Dead
91% matchMixed57% of 158 reviews2017
Dev: Ferullo Gaming
Windows
Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!
Why similar: Zombies 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Survival 13.5%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Base Building 13.1%
- #11 Nayati River
91% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: Worlds To Play
Windows
A single-player game of adventure and survival, set in a vast region infested with the dead. Build an autonomous camp, manage a community of survivors, look for the many who are missing, fight ferocious hordes, and unravel the mysteries of the legend of Nayati River!
Why similar: Zombies 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.5%
- #12 CHEMISTS: Area of infection
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: RPAXPub: GAMEPORTAL.CO
Windows
A year after the global catastrophe, you woke up in a hospital and don't remember anything. You have to not only find out what happened, but also try to survive in this harsh dangerous world.
Why similar: Zombies 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Third-Person Shooter 14.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11.6%
- #13 The Infected
89% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 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: Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Zombies 14.1%, Survival 13.2%
- #14 The Last Stand: Aftermath
88% matchVery Positive81% of 6,552 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 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 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Survival 15.6%, Perma Death 12.1%, Crafting 8.3%
- #15 SurrounDead
87% matchVery Positive92% of 23,544 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.2 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 28.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Survival 18%, Base Building 9.8%, Third-Person Shooter 6%
- #16 Dread Dawn
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,198 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 30.8%, Survival 18.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Third-Person Shooter 13.2%, Third Person 7.3%
- #17 VEIN
84% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 20.7%, Survival 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Base Building 16%, Survival Horror 11.8%
- #18 Drive 4 Survival
86% matchMixed65% of 303 reviews2020
Dev: M3M Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Zombies 14.6%, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 12.9%, Shooter 8.6%
- #19 SKYHILL: Black Mist
85% matchMixed47% of 235 reviews2020
Dev: Mandragora
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this psychological survival horror your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is overrun by dark monsters and crazy cultist for whom you are a prey. Survive and save your family in a face of danger from the mysterious black mist that covered entire city and changes human into vile creatures.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Zombies 18.6%, Survival 15.1%, Third Person 9.5%, Combat 7.4%
- #20 The Day Of Survival
84% matchMixed46% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: xHARDHeMPuS
Windows
The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Zombies 15.2%, Survival 12.9%, Third Person 11.2%, Shooter 10.5%
- #21 Urge
83% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.6%, Base Building 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 13%
- #22 INCUR Survival
82% matchVery Positive84% of 103 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: Zombies 24%, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 15.3%, Third Person 9.3%, Realistic 8.8%
- #23 SmallZ
82% matchMixed47% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: skins.dog
Windows
SmallZ is a third person zombie survival game. Form a team or go solo to survive from many threats such as zombies, boss zombies and other players. Build fortifications on different buildings or build your own base from scratch. There are plenty of build parts available for you to craft!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Crafting 16.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 13.4%, Third Person 13.2%
- #24 No One Survived
78% matchMixed65% of 7,577 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.9 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 21.6%, Survival 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Crafting 13.1%
- #25 Zompiercer
79% matchVery Positive89% of 4,081 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Base Building 17.2%, Survival 12.5%, Stealth 12.3%
- #26 DARKEST DAYS
79% matchMixed49% of 4,678 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.4 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 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 11%, Crafting 9%
- #27 Invasion 2037
81% matchMixed60% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Zombies 24.2%, Survival 20.5%, Crafting 15%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Third Person 7.3%
- #28 Vorax
78% matchMixed63% of 134 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: Zombies 16%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival Horror 15%, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 11.5%
- #29 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
80% matchMixed50% of 163 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 26.3%, Survival 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.7%
- #30 Decision: Red Daze
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Survival 18.6%, Base Building 17.5%, Combat 7%
- #31 Another Try 2
76% matchMixed54% of 1,065 reviews2025
Dev: Hoki Wolf Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.
Why similar: Zombies 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 14.9%, Third Person 6.7%
- #32 Outbreak Island
75% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Zombies 16.5%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 14.8%
- #33 DeadPoly
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Zombies 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Third-Person Shooter 14.7%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 12.1%
- #34 Infection Free Zone
73% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 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 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, Base Building 25.6%, Survival 12.9%, 3D 3.4%
- #35 Apocalypse Island
75% matchMixed41% of 66 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 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 23%, Survival 19%, Crafting 10.5%, 3D 6.2%
- #36 Shadows of Kurgansk
77% matchMixed66% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 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 29.3%, Survival 25.7%, Crafting 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Action 6.9%
- #37 Night of the Dead
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 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: Zombies 21.2%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 12.9%
- #38 Soviet Survival
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 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 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 12.6%, Survival Horror 12.6%
- #39 The Highrise
74% matchMixed57% of 275 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: Survival Horror 19.9%, Stealth 17.2%, Crafting 15%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Survival 11.9%
- #40 Operation: Outbreak
72% matchVery Positive80% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: DREADMITH Games
Windows
Your squad's vehicle exploded during a patrol, and you're the only survivor. The enemy is unusual this time. A virus has turned the city into a warzone of the undead. Get to the exfil in time or die trying. A free-to-play short and intense FPS zombie survival horror game.
Why similar: Zombies 22.6%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Stealth 10.2%, Shooter 9.1%
- #41 V1RUZ
74% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Polyverse GamesPub: Polyverse Studio
Windows
In V1RUZ, you see yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic in the USA. Learn how to craft weapons, tools and fight against the living and the dead to survive in this cruel, rotting world.
Why similar: Action 57.9%, Adventure 42.1%
- #42 Dead Engine
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Base Building 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Survival 14.7%, Action 5.2%
- #43 HumanitZ
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,640 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.2 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 19.1%, Base Building 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 12%
- #44 Survival: Lost Way
73% matchMostly Negative37% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Survival 17%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Base Building 11.3%
- #45 Zombie Survival Game Online
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 298 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: Zombies 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Crafting 15.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 14.8%
- #46 Forever Skies
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Base Building 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Crafting 17.4%, Survival 16.3%, Exploration 7.6%
- #47 Zelter
71% matchMixed48% of 1,968 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!
Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Survival 19.8%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Exploration 6.4%
- #48 Blood Night
67% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Team
Windows
(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.
Why similar: Zombies 24.1%, Crafting 16.5%, Survival 15.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #49 Dead District: Survival
70% matchMixed49% of 465 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 15.5%, Survival 13%, Crafting 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Zombies 12.4%
- #50 Ice Station Z
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 204 reviews2021
Dev: Wobbly Tooth
Windows
Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 18.9%, Perma Death 18.8%, Zombies 13.9%, Third Person 9.1%, Realistic 8.6%
- #51 Last Remains
67% matchMixed53% of 973 reviews2025
Dev: Earn Alliance
Windows
"Last Remains" is a highly challenging multiplayer zombie survival game. Players must survive in a city overrun by the undead, scavenging for food, arming themselves, avoiding zombies, searching for loot, plundering other survivors, and finding any possible way to escape.
Why similar: Zombies 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Third-Person Shooter 15.5%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Action 9.3%
- #52 Deadly Flare
69% matchMixed55% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Green Grass Games
Windows
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Why similar: Zombies 22.5%, Survival 20.9%, Crafting 20.4%, Shooter 9.9%, Exploration 7.4%
- #53 Serum: Toxic Survival
68% matchMixed52% of 294 reviews2024
Dev: Game IslandPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Dive into a thrilling survival adventure where an unknown liquid takes control of your life. Extract Serum to stay alive, battle dangerous creatures, solve puzzles, and uncover clues about past events.
Why similar: Zombies 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Base Building 18.5%, Combat 14.1%, Exploration 7.5%
- #54 Flesh Eaters
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: Zombies 52.7%, Survival 14.3%, Action 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Adventure 8.7%
- #55 Unturned
65% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 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 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Crafting 16.4%, Survival 16.3%, Shooter 9.5%
- #56 Deadline Escape
64% matchVery Positive89% of 194 reviews2026
Dev: DeadlineEscape
Windows
Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.3%, Survival 31.7%, Zombies 8.9%, Shooter 6.3%, Exploration 2.2%
- #57 LIFE EFFECT Survival
64% matchVery Positive89% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 20%, Third-Person Shooter 17.6%, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 13.4%, Realistic 11.8%
- #58 Taora : Survival
66% matchMixed63% of 395 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
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: Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Third-Person Shooter 15.6%, Crafting 15.6%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 13.4%