- #1 No One Survived
97% matchMixed64% of 7,705 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 21.6%, Zombies 21.5%, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10.1%
- #2 Night of the Dead
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,822 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Zombies 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Survival 8.7%, Building 7.7%
- #3 INCUR Survival
96% matchVery Positive82% of 108 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: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Zombies 13.5%, Survival 9.7%, Building 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #4 Mist Survival
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,180 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 21.6%, Zombies 20.7%, Open World 12%, Adventure 1.6%
- #5 Deadside
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,400 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Survival 13.7%, Third-Person Shooter 11%, PvP 10.7%, Open World 8.6%
- #6 Ice Station Z
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 208 reviews2021
Dev: Wobbly Tooth
Windows
Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.8%, PvP 12.8%, Zombies 12.5%, PvE 9.9%, Third Person 9.5%
- #7 SurrounDead
92% matchVery Positive92% of 25,610 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Zombies 25.7%, Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Survival 18.5%, Open World 13.4%, Third-Person Shooter 6.7%
- #8 Subsistence
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,723 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.6% ★, Survival 17%, Open World 9.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Building 8.4%
- #9 Zombie Survival Game Online
91% matchMixed70% of 313 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: Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Zombies 14%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Survival 10.4%, Building 7.9%
- #10 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
90% matchVery Positive82% of 10,269 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32% ★, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Survival 12.7%, Building 9.4%, Open World 8.3%
- #11 KeepUp Survival
89% matchMixed64% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 36.6% ★, Survival 14.2%, Open World 10.8%, Multiplayer 9%, Realistic 8.6%
- #12 Lifeless
91% matchMostly Negative38% of 554 reviews2016
Dev: Desync Donkeys
Windows
Immerse yourself in the post-apocalyptic co-op world of Lifeless, where base building and crafting are key. Collect weapons, gear, and food as you embark on thrilling missions to level up in a vast open world. But stay alert—relentless zombies lurk around every corner!
Why similar: Zombies 42.1%, Survival 26.3%, Action 10.3%, Open World 9.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #13 Miscreated
89% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.9% ★, Survival 16.4%, Zombies 14.2%, Open World 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #14 DeadPoly
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,038 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Third-Person Shooter 12.6%, Zombies 12.1%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Survival 9.1%
- #15 Last Remains
87% matchMixed52% of 988 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 26.8%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Third-Person Shooter 16.7%, PvP 16.1%, Action 8.2%
- #16 DARKEST DAYS
86% matchMixed49% of 5,018 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 22.3%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 13.9%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
- #17 Taora : Survival
86% matchMixed60% of 416 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Third-Person Shooter 16.8%, Online Co-Op 15%, Survival 12.6%, Building 9.9%
- #18 Survive the Nights
83% matchMixed66% of 6,615 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Zombies 16.6%, Online Co-Op 13%, Survival 12.3%, Realistic 9%
- #19 Last Farewell
84% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: Flat Tail Studios ABPub: Flat Tail Studios AB
Windows
Last Farewell is a Survival Co-op game where you are tasked to work together with others (or solo) in order to ensure your own survival for as long as possible. Gather supplies and craft during the day in order to protect yourself and the sanctuary, the Town Hall, during the night.
Why similar: Survival 21.1%, Zombies 19.9%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, PvP 13.8%, Multiplayer 13.7%
- #20 Far Lands
84% matchMixed65% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
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 36.4% ★, Survival 17%, Open World 10.7%, PvE 8.3%, Realistic 7.8%
- #21 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
82% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 9%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Zombies 6.7%
- #22 Whisper of the Swallows
79% matchVery Positive85% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Blown Leaves
Windows
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 39% ★, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Survival 14%, Building 11.5%, Open World 9.4%
- #23 Crushed
82% matchMixed54% of 316 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 38.2% ★, Survival 13.5%, Zombies 10.7%, Open World 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #24 Next Day: Survival
81% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.
Why similar: Survival 33.5%, Open World 21.1%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Third-Person Shooter 9.4%, PvP 9.2%
- #25 Survival Nation: Lost Horizon
80% matchMixed58% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.Pub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
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: Zombies 17.2%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Survival 13.6%, PvP 12%, Open World 10.1%
- #26 Road to Eden
81% matchMixed64% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: Zouking
Windows
Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 11.4%, Survival 10.2%, Aliens 9.3%, Building 8.7%
- #27 Enshrouded
77% matchVery Positive86% of 103,247 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.3%, Survival 21.3%, Open World 18.4%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Building 10.9%
- #28 Nomad
79% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43% ★, Zombies 16.2%, Survival 16.2%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Open World 9.2%
- #29 Afterinfection
76% matchMixed58% of 519 reviews2025
Dev: RePatrick21
Windows
Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand. After creating your survivor, you’ll start with nothing and have to make your way across a large island searching for food, water, weapons, and crafting supplies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Zombies 15.4%, Third-Person Shooter 15.3%, Survival 11.3%, PvP 8.5%
- #30 Shamania
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Open World 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #31 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
78% matchMixed54% of 900 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.
Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Survival 20.8%, Open World 16.8%, Third-Person Shooter 11.3%, Third Person 7%
- #32 IfSunSets
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,314 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4% ★, Zombies 18.2%, Third Person 11%, Open World 10.8%, PvE 9.6%
- #33 GRAV
76% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.3% ★, Survival 18.2%, Open World 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Third Person 4.5%
- #34 Plains of Pain
73% matchVery Positive83% of 869 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive in a post-apocalyptic open-world sandbox alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by heat and chaos. Build a base, develop skills, craft tools and weapons, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, earn faction reputation, or take part in faction wars.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Third-Person Shooter 13.9%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Survival 10.5%, PvP 9.3%
- #35 SmallZ
75% matchMixed47% of 111 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: Building 16.9%, Third Person 16%, Survival 15.6%, PvP 12.1%, Open World 10.7%
- #36 DREADZONE
73% matchMixed51% of 1,197 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 19.5%, Survival 19%, Open World 14.3%, Building 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.4%
- #37 Another Try
75% matchMixed50% of 332 reviews2020
Dev: Hoki Wolf Studio
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors! You will have to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world populated by the living dead.
Why similar: Zombies 19.3%, Survival 15.7%, Building 12%, Open World 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #38 Survival: Lost Way
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 292 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Survival 35%, Multiplayer 23.2%, Building 19.1%, Action 9.5%, Adventure 8.3%
- #39 Lost Rift
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,626 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Survival 13.4%, PvP 12.2%, PvE 9.1%
- #40 HumanitZ
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,392 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 24% ★, Zombies 18.2%, Survival 14.2%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Open World 9.9%
- #41 Remain
71% matchVery Negative18% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: XTop Game
Windows
Remain is an MMO game. Within this open world, you can tame "zombies", making them your labor force, or commanding them to fight your foes. Apart from zombies, you will still have to face the survival challenges of food and water. Remaining warriors, don't let your guard down, and keep surviving...
Why similar: Survival 20.1%, Online Co-Op 18%, Building 17.7%, Open World 16.4%, PvP 14.8%
- #42 Gone: Survival
72% matchMixed44% of 312 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: Zombies 18.9%, Survival 16.6%, Building 13.5%, Third-Person Shooter 13%, Open World 10.8%
- #43 The Swordsmen X: Survival
72% matchMostly Negative27% of 573 reviews2023
Dev: 上海润梦网络科技有限公司
Windows
A martial art open world adventure game that combines survival and crafting. Developed with UE4, it creates a vivid world of 256 square kilometers. Cultivate yourself by collecting, crafting, exploring and other methods. Confront complex natural environment and challenges from other warriors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Survival 10.9%, Open World 8.4%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Building 6.8%
- #44 Lost World
70% matchMixed56% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: C.S. GamesPub: C.S. Games publishing
Windows
Lost World is a survival video game with single and co-op modes. Open world and first person view.
Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Survival 19.3%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Building 12%, Open World 8.7%
- #45 Dead Matter
71% matchMostly Negative21% of 895 reviews2023
Dev: QI Games
Windows
After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 21.4%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Survival 15.6%, PvP 13.9%, Multiplayer 12.4%
- #46 Fallen Region
71% matchMixed42% of 198 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Zombies 15.4%, Survival 13.3%, Third-Person Shooter 8.6%, Building 8.5%
- #47 DESOLATE
69% matchMixed66% of 8,055 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Survival 35.6%, Zombies 28.3%, Open World 25.2%, Adventure 4.7%, Action 4.6%
- #48 Sker Ritual
66% matchVery Positive82% of 5,952 reviews2024
Dev: Wales InteractivePub: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An intense round-based zombie survival FPS, play solo or co-op. Shoot your way through relentless waves of vicious horrors with high-octane objectives, upgrading steampunk weapons, collecting Celtic God powers, and surviving the onslaught of the Quiet Ones.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 16.4%, Zombies 14.7%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Survival 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.8%
- #49 7 Days to Die
64% matchVery Positive87% of 402,373 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 109.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Survival 16%, Zombies 16%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Open World 8.6%
- #50 LifeZ - Survival
70% 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 44.4% ★, Zombies 21.6%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 5.7%, Third Person 5.2%
- #51 Len's Island
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,790 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 44.6% ★, Survival 15.8%, Building 14.1%, Open World 10.9%, PvE 8.1%
- #52 EXOME
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 322 reviews2022
Dev: RudeFrog Studios
Windows
EXOME is a co-op sci-fi survival shooter that blends wave-based survival with open-world exploration. Battle hordes of aliens, upgrade your arsenal, and uncover the hidden truths of the deep forest. Will you face it alone or bring your friends along?
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.4%, Third Person 16%, Aliens 15.8%, PvE 14.8%, Open World 13.6%
- #53 SCUM
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 125,269 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Zombies 12.3%, Survival 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Open World 8.9%
- #54 Winter Survivor Protocol
65% matchMixed70% of 186 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Zombies 36.1%, Open World 19.5%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Survival 12.2%, Adventure 11.6%
- #55 Palworld
63% matchVery Positive94% of 425,619 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.3 hrsMean: 71.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Survival 13.3%, Open World 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #56 Nightingale
65% matchMixed66% of 17,987 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.5% ★, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Survival 12.4%, Building 9.6%, Open World 9%