- #1 Deadswitch Combat
97% matchVery Positive84% of 548 reviews2025
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
DEADSWITCH COMBAT is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons, vehicle combat, and plenty of team-based game modes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.6%, Military 15.6%, Shooter 15%, Multiplayer 12.3%, PvP 12.2%
- #2 Will To Live Online
96% matchMixed69% of 18,383 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.2%, Shooter 24%, Survival 16.3%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #3 No Love Lost
96% matchMixed51% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Ratloop Games Canada
Windows
Grab your ragtag crew & take up the Nectar Raiding trade on a dangerous planet that’s become all the rage! In this PvPvE extraction game for 1-10 players, compete against enemy crews to harvest as much Nectar as possible before night falls. But watch out, you're not the only one roaming this planet!
Why similar: Loot 14%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, PvP 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, PvE 10.9%
- #4 BRAIN / OUT
95% matchVery Positive82% of 15,327 reviews2017
Dev: Desertkun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!
Why similar: Shooter 31.5%, Multiplayer 22.7%, 2D 13.4%, Side Scroller 10%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
- #5 TDP4: Team Battle
94% matchMixed68% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: JAVELIN OÜ
Windows
TDP4 Team Battle is a real-time multiplayer 2D shooter game with MMORPG elements. The bloody battle for survival among 3 races. There are various types of matches, locations and types of guns. Developed Clan and Tournament system. Test your skills against real enemies!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.6%, Shooter 21%, PvP 19.3%, Military 13.2%, Action 7.7%
- #6 Undeads
93% matchMixed85% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Sezual Pte LtdPub: Undeads Interactive Limited
Windows · Mac
Embark on a risky but exciting journey through the world of Undeads. Search for weapons, armor, supplies and medicine. Survive or hunt survivors. Enjoy unique matches, sell your loot, and fight bloody and challenging battles against the background of the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: PvP 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Shooter 13.8%, PvE 13.1%
- #7 DeadPoly
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 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: Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Loot 13.6%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, PvP 12.7%, PvE 11.5%
- #8 Dinogen Online
91% matchVery Positive83% of 296 reviews2023
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
Action-packed 2D multiplayer top-down shooter. Play as a human or dinosaur with hundreds of weapons, game modes, and maps!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.6%, Military 15.4%, Shooter 11.9%, Multiplayer 10.9%, PvP 9.8%
- #9 Project L33T: Founders Edition
91% matchMixed50% of 683 reviews2026
Dev: Targetpoint Interactive
Windows
Join the persistent open world of OZERSK! Choose your way to play on PvE or PvP servers, fight for precious loot and gear, and risk it all in a hostile environment. Die, lose all your gear and loot, then return to the same server in hopes of retrieving what you lost. This is your story!
Why similar: Military 21%, Shooter 20.5%, Loot 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Nature 12.4%
- #10 Lost Light
90% matchMixed55% of 28,119 reviews2022
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Join the "Firefly" task force and unveil the sinister plot behind the exclusion zone in the world of Lost Light. You could either scavenge for supplies or go out with guns blazing and plunder. Survive the brutal domain where danger lurks in every corner!
Why similar: Shooter 28.8%, Multiplayer 23.2%, Survival 18.5%, PvP 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
- #11 Soviet Survival
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 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: Post-apocalyptic 19%, PvP 18.3%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Shooter 14.3%
- #12 Stay Out
89% matchMixed69% of 31,026 reviews2019
Dev: MOBITECH LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18%, PvP 15.5%, Shooter 14.3%, Character Customization 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.1%
- #13 Plains of Pain
87% matchVery Positive83% of 933 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, PvP 13.7%, PvE 12.2%
- #14 OPG: Clan Wars
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Anarchy GamesPub: Street's Game
Windows
OPG: Clan Wars — a multiplayer action game with survival elements. Arena shooter, open world, crafting, and resource battles — fight, evolve, and survive alone or with your team.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.6%, PvP 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Shooter 10.9%, PvE 10.6%
- #15 Next Day: Survival
86% 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: Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Survival 21.6%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Shooter 11.2%, PvP 10%
- #16 Deltazone
84% matchMixed55% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Extynct Studios
Windows · Linux
A future-modern arena FPS where Alpha and Bravo fight a covert war across urban zones build your loadout, master positioning, and win fast, lethal firefights.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 31.6%, Military 18.6%, PvP 17.6%, Shooter 14.5%, Multiplayer 9%
- #17 Ruins To Fortress
83% matchMixed65% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: PvP 16.1%, Multiplayer 14.4%, PvE 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Shooter 11.7%
- #18 Lifeless
85% matchMostly Negative38% of 556 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: Survival 48.2%, Action 28.1%, Multiplayer 23.7%
- #19 Soldat 2
82% matchVery Positive84% of 426 reviews2020
Dev: Transhuman Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Soldat 2 is a 2D deathmatch shooter with real guns, ragdoll violence and physics-based movement. Based on classic Soldat with team game modes, ranked multiplayer, bots and built-in customization and level editing. Made by MM - creator of the original.
Why similar: PvP 35.9%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Military 11.5%, Shooter 10.9%
- #20 Deadswitch 3
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,457 reviews2021
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Deadswitch 3 is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons and multiple solo and team-based game modes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23%, PvP 16.8%, Military 16.7%, Shooter 16.1%, Character Customization 12%
- #21 Project Zero Deaths
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: UAB Detis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Zero Deaths is a hectic physics-based F2P online multiplayer platform shooter. Jump into frantic battles in dynamic maps, solo or with friends, to fight in varied wild game modes! Choose between different characters with unique skills and customize them and their weapons to your own playstyle!
Why similar: Multiplayer 62.1%, Action 37.9%
- #22 Reaper Actual
80% matchMostly Negative35% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Distinct Possibility Studios, Inc.
Windows
Reaper Actual is an Open-World Persistent Shooter where hundreds of players engage in FPS combat against each other and 5 NPC Factions on the massive war-torn island of Marova. Level your Reapers, maintain a home Base, and complete missions to earn gear and reshape the world.
Why similar: PvP 24.9%, PvE 22.1%, Shooter 20.9%, Military 19.5%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #23 Anomaly Zone
82% matchMixed47% of 1,010 reviews2019
Dev: NEW STORY GAMESPub: MALSER LLC
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 57.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Anomaly Zone is an open world MMORPG and a post-apocalyptic shooter. Be a scientist, a soldier, a hunter or an engineer. Explore anomalous territories, search for artifacts, fight mutants and other players. Participate in mass PvP and PvE battles. The Zone is waiting!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Survival 20.2%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Shooter 14%
- #24 Lost Rift
78% matchMixed70% of 1,693 reviews2025
Dev: People Can Fly
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 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: PvP 14.6%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, PvE 13.2%, Character Customization 12.2%, Nature 12.1%
- #25 MEAT Veterans
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 254 reviews2023
Dev: Trippin Bears
Windows
Check out a free-to-play online action game! Test your shooting abilities in individual and team battles against your opponent. Stand out by creating your own strategy and distinctive style with unique skins and items, and especially - by taking the top place in the global ranking.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 30.3%, PvP 18.2%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Shooter 16.4%, Multiplayer 13.6%
- #26 WARMODE
79% matchMixed62% of 16,454 reviews2019
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.
Why similar: Shooter 38.4%, Multiplayer 35.4%, Online Co-Op 9%, Action 8.6%, Survival 5.6%
- #27 Last Group Out
77% matchVery Positive82% of 592 reviews2022
Dev: Woodland Development
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Team up, gear up, and make it out alive in this 2D co-op extraction shooter.
Why similar: Shooter 31.2%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Survival 16.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Action 10.8%
- #28 Deuterium Wars
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 602 reviews2019
Dev: Disquire
Windows
Deuterium Wars is a rapid 2D shooter. Create your own aircraft and plunge into heated battle with other players. What awaits you: an extensive role-playing system, craft, trading, and much more on a single server for all platforms.
Why similar: Multiplayer 21%, PvE 17.6%, PvP 14.1%, Shooter 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%
- #29 Silent North
76% matchMostly Negative34% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Combat Waffle StudiosPub: combat waffle studios
Windows
Silent North thrusts you into the Swiss Alps, battling the elements, Infected, and other players. Fight solo or team up, scavenging gear and essentials. Intense PVPVE action ensures constant danger. Adapt, be resilient, and survive in this unpredictable, ever-changing landscape
Why similar: Shooter 22.8%, PvP 19.7%, PvE 18.9%, Survival 14.4%, Multiplayer 14%
- #30 PIONER
74% matchMixed61% of 3,610 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Military 17.2%, PvP 15.7%, Shooter 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.8%
- #31 Deadside
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,499 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.6 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: PvP 22.7%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 16.8%, Shooter 12.3%
- #32 Voice of Chernobyl
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 311 reviews2022
Dev: Federico F. Stefan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Voice of Chernobyl is a Multiplayer First-Person Survival and Shooter set in the European world, with different variety of maps, weapons, items and more to create distinctive and bizarre adventures, until you either stand victorious or achieve what you desire.
Why similar: PvP 21.2%, Shooter 19.6%, Character Customization 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Survival 13.7%
- #33 Vigor
73% matchMixed46% of 7,978 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Military 14.3%, PvP 12.9%, Multiplayer 12%
- #34 Sunrise: survival
75% matchMixed48% of 531 reviews2017
Dev: Fedorov Ilya & Andrew Konovalov
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!
Why similar: Survival 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Shooter 10.2%, Action 8.8%
- #35 Ostrofa
74% matchMixed64% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Normunds Petrovs
Windows · Mac
Be prepared to survive in a custom-generated, low poly environment, fighting against other players from all over the world.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #36 Soldat
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,790 reviews2020
Dev: Transhuman Design
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.
Why similar: Shooter 31.3%, Multiplayer 27.8%, Action 23.6%, 2D 11.2%, PvP 6.2%
- #37 XERA: Survival
71% matchMixed66% of 7,941 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Multiplayer 18%, PvP 15%, Survival 14.2%, Shooter 13.8%
- #38 Fight or Flight
69% matchMixed65% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Outer Planet Studios
Windows
Battle Royale and Extraction that blends PvP and PvE, You are a operative that will drop into the infected region and attempt to recover artifacts and eradicate the infected.Each player is pitted against Zombies, Monsters and each other. Online or Single player for practice with bots!
Why similar: PvP 18%, Military 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, PvE 15.7%, Shooter 13.8%
- #39 Zombie Arena
71% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Start GamesPub: Foga Games
Windows
Zombie arena is a multiplayer first person shooter gamer, focused on cooperation to annihilate zombies and various monsters in a post apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, PvP 18.6%, PvE 17.1%, Shooter 15.9%, Online Co-Op 10.1%
- #40 Dominance
71% matchMixed65% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: INPLERON LTD
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Dominance is a multiplayer top-down shooter, built on a no-limits attitude. Choose between a rich variety of different ability and item combinations, select one of 6 distinct characters. Battle up to 24 foes on the ever-evolving terrain — and prove your Dominance.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.1%, PvP 15.3%, Shooter 15.1%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%
- #41 BEACHED
70% matchMixed65% of 3,697 reviews2021
Dev: Gradient Studios
Windows
A free-to-play, low-poly, open-world survival shooter where you’ll battle other players, explore massive monuments, and fight to stay alive. Build and fortify your base to defend against enemy raids, gather resources, and conquer a harsh, competitive world. Survival means doing whatever it takes.
Why similar: Shooter 35.3%, Multiplayer 31.9%, Survival 24.1%, Action 8.8%
- #42 Codename CURE II
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,152 reviews2026
Dev: Raptor BytePub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Codename CURE II is a co-operative first person shooter set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Create an elite military squad with up to five players and fight your way through hordes of zombies in a variety of dynamic objective missions.
Why similar: Military 22%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, PvE 11.5%, Shooter 10.9%
- #43 Survival Nation: Lost Horizon
70% 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: Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, PvP 17.2%, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Character Customization 12.5%
- #44 Ravenous Horde
68% matchMixed53% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: Vector Interactive
Windows
Team up with 64 players to fight off the horde of zombies in this post-apocalyptic FPS or join the horde against the living! Turn on your teammates and tear them apart. Level up and unlock new weapons, perks, clothing options and more! Equip your favourite loadout and join the fight!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Shooter 17%, Multiplayer 16.5%, PvP 15.5%, Survival 11.7%
- #45 Holodrive
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,238 reviews2021
Dev: BitCake StudioPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A fast-paced multiplayer shooter where you customize your robot, zoom around with a jetpack, and battle with various weapons. Master the arenas, surprise your enemies, and enjoy the nonstop action!
Why similar: Shooter 30.8%, Multiplayer 30.7%, 2D 10.7%, Character Customization 10.3%, Action 10.1%
- #46 Strayed
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: Crustacean Interactive
Windows
Strayed is a fast paced open world VR survival game where every session feels like a new adventure. Start with nothing on a fresh island, gather materials, craft weapons, build bases, and battle other players for the best loot.
Why similar: Loot 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, PvP 12.6%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.5%
- #47 Roguevive: Prelude
67% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Chiorco
Windows
Survive against hordes of enemies getting ever stronger, alone or with friends. Level up, unlock upgrades and new guns in this multiplayer bullet-heaven roguelite.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 38.9%, Character Customization 18.1%, PvE 14.9%, Action 10.6%, 2D 9.4%
- #48 STALZONE
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 106,818 reviews2022
Dev: EXBO
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 98.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you
Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, PvP 13.7%, PvE 12.8%, Shooter 10%
- #49 Fire On Fight : Online Multiplayer Shooter
64% matchMostly Positive71% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: Army Troop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced classic military FPS inspired by old-school online shooters. Battle in online PvP or PvE against intelligent AI bots. Unlock soldiers, weapons, perks, and attachments, earn XP, customize your loadouts, and enjoy full matches with no empty servers.
Why similar: Shooter 23.1%, PvP 21%, Multiplayer 20.7%, Military 18.1%, PvE 8.7%
- #50 Scrappage
66% matchVery Positive82% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Geekspree
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this unforgiving rogue-lite twin stick shooter, death awaits you behind every corner. Fight your way through hordes of monsters, eliminate bosses and loot their valuable items and body parts. With them you can enhance your own body, unlock powerful skills and create your own unique builds.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 21.6%, Loot 21%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Shooter 16.6%, Character Customization 16.3%