Games Like iZolated

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 20.3%, Open World Survival Craft 16.3% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 13%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive top-down survival game featuring deep base-building, complex RPG mechanics, and a brutal post-apocalyptic world.

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: Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Zombies 17.4%, Sandbox 14.9%, Open World 12.8%, Survival 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes scavenging, vehicle maintenance, and base defense.

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 16.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Open World 14.9%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features satisfying top-down exploration, extensive crafting, and a persistent open world that rewards scavenging and base improvement.

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 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Open World 14.7%, Survival 12.4%, Open World Survival Craft 9.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar top-down perspective with a focus on open-world survival, looting, and managing threats in a zombie-infested environment.

It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, RPG 19.7%, Survival 19.6%, Crafting 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-RPG with procedural generation and survival elements that mirrors the core gameplay loop of iZolated.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Open World 22.3%, Horror 19.7%, Survival 17.5%, Exploration 14.1%, RPG 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival horror game that excels at creating a tense, atmospheric experience with a focus on exploration and resource management.

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 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down survival, RPG character progression, and base-building mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Zombies 14.5%, Open World Survival Craft 14.1% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Survival 9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival roguelike that requires careful planning and resource management to survive in a city overrun by zombies.

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 13.8%, Survival 12.9%, Open World Survival Craft 12.6% ★, Crafting 9.4%, Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes horror elements and resource scarcity in a harsh, frozen post-apocalyptic landscape.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.7%, Survival 16.9%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Inventory Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that captures the gritty, scavenging-heavy feel of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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 13.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Open World 10%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on scavenging and building a base to survive in a world overrun by zombies.

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 28.5%, Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Survival 15.5%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Crafting 9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down roguelite survival game where exploration and resource management are key to surviving a zombie outbreak.

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 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Zombies 9.7%, Survival 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that focuses on investigation, exploration, and surviving in a sandbox environment.

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 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 10%, Open World 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game with a unique art style that focuses on crafting, base building, and defending against zombie hordes.

“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 26%, Open World Survival Craft 18.8% ★, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-survival game that focuses on crafting, managing hunger, and fighting off waves of enemies.

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 19.7%, Zombies 16.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 11.9%, Survival 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes scavenging and crafting in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies.

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 19.2% ★, Zombies 17.7%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13.4%, Base Building 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes open-world exploration, crafting, and building a base to withstand environmental threats.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.5%, Base Building 24.7%, Survival 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Crafting 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on base management and protecting your family from external threats.

The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.

Why similar: Gun Customization 22.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Open World Survival Craft 13.4% ★, Zombies 13.4%, Character Customization 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG with a post-apocalyptic theme that features squad-based combat and exploration.

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 12.4% ★, Zombies 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Survival 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it is the gold standard for base-building and survival mechanics in a post-apocalyptic zombie setting.

Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

Why similar: Zombies 37.9%, Survival 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, RPG 11.7%, Sandbox 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival RPG that focuses on managing a group of survivors and building a base in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.

Why similar: Zombies 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that focuses on scavenging and building in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 14.6% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Character Customization 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a sandbox environment.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.8%, RPG 21.6%, Open World 11.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG set in a post-apocalyptic underground world that features deep character customization and tactical combat.

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Survival 23.2%, Sandbox 16.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Open World 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game with procedural generation that emphasizes crafting, exploration, and managing sanity in a hostile world.

The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Zombies 18%, Sandbox 17.3%, Survival 10.7%, Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply complex survival game with procedural generation that offers unparalleled depth in crafting and post-apocalyptic simulation.

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 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Zombies 14.7%, Open World 14.1%, Crafting 11.9%

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 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Survival 12%, Open World 11.1%, Base Building 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie survival RPG that focuses on simulation elements and surviving in a hostile environment.

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 19.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Zombies 14.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and surviving in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20%, Zombies 17.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 9.6%

Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Why similar: Gun Customization 16.7% ★, Open World Survival Craft 13.9% ★, Zombies 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Sandbox 10.4%

Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 15.7%, Open World Survival Craft 11.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Survival 10.8%, Open World 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game with survival elements set in a post-apocalyptic open world.

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 18.6%, Open World 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Survival 14.8%, Crafting 10.9%

Survival Nation: Lost Horizon is an open-world, top-down zombie survival game. Keep yourself and other survivors alive in a world gone to the zombies, upgrade your gear and skills, and keep civilization going in a world where humans are the top pick on the menu.

Why similar: Gun Customization 22.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Zombies 13.7%, Open World 10.6%, Character Customization 10.6%

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 17.6% ★, Zombies 16.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%

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: Base Building 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Zombies 16.9%, Inventory Management 16.2%, Open World 11.1%

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 15.5% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Sandbox 12%, Open World 8.7%

"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Open World Survival Craft 13.6% ★, Zombies 12.8%, Inventory Management 11.3%, Procedural Generation 11.1%

Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Open World Survival Craft 13.4% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.8%

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 17.6%, Zombies 14.4%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 11.5%

Explore a city thrust into disarray by an unknown event and survive the hordes of mutated abominations that lurk at every corner. You’ll have to fight through enemies & bosses, scavenge loot and survive the hostile city.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18%, Zombies 15.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Open World 12.2%, Crafting 11.1%

Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Sandbox 14.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Character Customization 12.2%, Crafting 10.8%

Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Character Customization 13.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Open World 11.5%

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: Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Zombies 17%, Base Building 14.1%, Open World 11.6%, Survival 10.3%

A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.

Why similar: Gun Customization 19.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Zombies 13.4%, Inventory Management 11.6%, Character Customization 10.5%

"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 16.9%, Zombies 13.9%, Open World Survival Craft 11.6% ★, Open World 11%, Sandbox 10.5%

Now with over 500,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 16%, Open World 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Why similar: Open World 23.2%, Zombies 20%, Survival 19.9%, Horror 17.3%, Gore 7.6%

Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.

Why similar: Sandbox 24%, Character Customization 19.8%, Zombies 16.5%, Open World 14.5%, Exploration 12.7%

A deadly virus plagues the city and the residents now roam the streets as flesh-eating zombies. Loot the apocalyptic open world and build a self-sustaining zombie-killing fortress. Will you survive the apocalypse or become one of the undead?

Why similar: Zombies 18.2%, Base Building 18%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Open World 13.2%, Character Customization 13.2%

⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.6% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Inventory Management 12.6%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 11.8%

Narrative-driven action RPG set in post-pandemic Russia, featuring hardcore gameplay, tactical combat, open-environment exploration, and survival elements. Personal story set in a collapsed world, where armed survivors and emerging factions pose a far greater threat than the infected.

Why similar: Gun Customization 31.4% ★, Zombies 14.5%, Sandbox 14%, Survival 9.7%, Open World 8%

Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!

Why similar: Survival 21.3%, Sandbox 21.2%, Crafting 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, RPG 10.7%

Explore the mysterious, beautiful, yet dark world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in this post-apocalyptic action-RPG. Make your mark on this world, through your character development, choices and playstyle. But remember – everything has a price and consequences.

Why similar: Gun Customization 23.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Character Customization 13.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 13%

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 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Open World 15.2%, Survival 13%

「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 14.6% ★, Zombies 13.1%, Base Building 13%, Sandbox 12.3%, Character Customization 11.4%

“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 18.8%, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%

Z.O.N.A: Origin is an immersive adventure in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Dive into a captivating story, explore a stunning open world, avoid dangerous anomalies, and hunt for powerful artifacts. Every choice you make can be decisive in this unpredictable world.

Why similar: Gun Customization 28.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Open World 13.9%, Horror 9.6%, Exploration 8.2%

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: Survival 16.9%, Open World Survival Craft 16.2% ★, Zombies 15.4%, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 11.5%