- #1 METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
97% matchVery Positive85% of 18,298 reviews2014
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Stealth 59.2%, Open World 14.2%, Action 11.6%, Third Person 9.5%, Adventure 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a concentrated dose of the tactical infiltration gameplay and control scheme utilized in the Metal Gear Survive universe.
- #2 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
96% matchVery Positive83% of 70,161 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Zombies 23.9%, Survival 21%, Base Building 18.7%, Open World 13.6%, Co-op 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors Survive's loop of scavenging resources, building up a fortified base, and managing a community while fighting off relentless zombie hordes.
- #3 How to Survive 2
96% matchMixed69% of 11,020 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 21.5%, Open World Survival Craft 20% ★, Survival 18.2%, Co-op 7.6%, Base Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a direct focus on gathering materials, crafting gear, and surviving cooperatively in a zombie-infested wilderness.
- #4 Night of the Dead
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,888 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.0 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 22% ★, Zombies 16.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Like Survive, it combines open-world zombie survival crafting with heavy emphasis on constructing elaborate trap-filled base defenses.
- #5 METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
93% matchVery Positive84% of 19,733 reviews2025
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A remake of the 2004 game METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, with the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. Get ready for the ultimate survival stealth action experience.
Why similar: Stealth 48.6%, Survival 22.3%, Action 10.3%, Third Person 7.3%, Violent 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It highlights the survival and stealth elements that inspired the survivalist mechanics eventually adapted in Metal Gear Survive.
- #6 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,662 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom Game Studio VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
Why similar: Zombies 30.9%, Open World Survival Craft 14.9% ★, Open World 10.8%, Survival 9.8%, Co-op 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the chaotic third-person zombie-slaying action against massive hordes in an open environment.
- #7 Generation Zero®
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 42,281 reviews2019
Dev: Systemic Reaction™Pub: Avalanche Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Survival 19%, Co-op 15.1%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game emphasizes scavenging, tactical positioning, and cooperative combat against hostile entities.
- #8 Mist Survival
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,394 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 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 25.7% ★, Survival 20.7%, Zombies 19.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Open World 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic sandbox survival experience featuring base building, stealth mechanics, and hostile infected threats.
- #9 Survival Machine
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 809 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Zombies 19.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Tower Defense 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines cooperative survival mechanics with defending a mobile base against waves of hostile mutant creatures.
- #10 METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version
89% matchVery Positive90% of 7,113 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the origin story of Naked Snake and his mentor The Boss and the fifth title in the METAL GEAR series.
Why similar: Stealth 40.1%, Survival 27.9%, Action 11%, Third Person 11%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It establishes the foundational survival mechanics like hunting and injury treatment that influenced later survival spin-offs.
- #11 METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version
89% matchVery Positive83% of 6,147 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The first 3D title in the METAL GEAR series pioneering a new level of stealth action with live action footage, cinematic cut scenes, and innovative gameplay.
Why similar: Stealth 63%, Action 19.9%, Adventure 9%, Violent 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers classic stealth action roots for fans of the overarching Metal Gear espionage universe.
- #12 DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
87% matchVery Positive92% of 69,037 reviews2022
Dev: KOJIMA PRODUCTIONSPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
Why similar: Open World 38.7%, Stealth 18.9%, Third Person 11.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Action 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It refines the atmospheric third-person exploration and logistics gameplay that shares DNA with Kojima Productions' catalog.
- #13 How to Survive
88% matchVery Positive83% of 17,106 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“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 24.4%, Open World Survival Craft 20.9% ★, Survival 19.9%, Crafting 10.2%, Co-op 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses purely on learning survival crafting techniques to stay alive on a dangerous, zombie-ridden island.
- #14 METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,526 reviews2026
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solid Snake's final mission. Five years after the Big Shell incident, in an era where war has become a business due to the rise of PMCs (Private Military Contractors). To stop Liquid Ocelot's uprising, the legendary hero Solid Snake faces his final battle.
Why similar: Stealth 43.9%, Survival 16%, Action 14.4%, Third Person 12.4%, Adventure 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It explores the futuristic military themes and tactical combat scenarios adjacent to the events of Survive.
- #15 METAL GEAR SOLID: Peace Walker - Master Collection Version
84% matchVery Positive81% of 1,426 reviews2026
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
From Naked Snake to Big Boss. Ten years after Operation Snake Eater. While commanding a private military force in Colombia, guests from Costa Rica visit Snake. Accepting their request, Snake leads his men into confronting the conspiracy behind the East-West Cold War.
Why similar: Stealth 35.8%, Survival 19.8%, Third Person 14.5%, Action 14.4%, Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces base management (Mother Base) and cooperative missions that directly foreshadowed Survive's gameplay loop.
- #16 State of Decay: YOSE
86% matchVery Positive82% of 13,199 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Why similar: Zombies 29.8%, Survival 21.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Open World 13.7%, Multiplayer 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the quintessential zombie apocalypse management experience centered on supply runs and stronghold expansion.
- #17 Rem Survival
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 809 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.9% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Open World 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges players with open-world survival crafting, resource gathering, and base construction against environmental dangers.
- #18 Far Lands
85% matchMixed64% of 173 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 23.6% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 17.2%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into base building, crafting, and surviving within a challenging open-world environment.
- #19 Not Quite Dead: Open World Survival
83% matchMixed62% of 247 reviews2026
Dev: Voidecho Studio
Windows
Open world zombie survival Coop game with base building, looting, crafting, vehicles, and exploration.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Co-op 19%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Open World 12.5%, Action 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world survival systems with action RPG mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #20 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 27,754 reviews2026
Dev: KOJIMA PRODUCTIONSPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 45.6 hrsMean: 60.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?
Why similar: Open World 36%, Stealth 25.8%, Third Person 12.9%, Action 10%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It expands upon the atmospheric open-world exploration and connectivity themes of the creator's universe.
- #21 METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version
81% matchVery Positive90% of 4,749 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The fourth game in the METAL GEAR series: set over two incidents in 2007 and 2009, featuring Solid Snake and Raiden, introducing new stealth gameplay features.
Why similar: Stealth 54.6%, Action 17.4%, Third Person 12%, Adventure 8.2%, Violent 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the stealth and tactical action style foundational to the Metal Gear franchise.
- #22 Nomad
82% 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 30.2% ★, Survival 17.8%, Zombies 17.7%, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: It presents a raw survival sandbox where players must scavenge, build, and survive against zombies and harsh elements.
- #23 How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
82% matchMixed57% of 1,263 reviews2015
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Zombies 21.2%, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Open World 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It shifts the perspective to a third-person view for crafting and surviving against the undead.
- #24 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
79% matchVery Positive92% of 108,470 reviews2015
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 65.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Why similar: Stealth 48.2%, Open World 24.2%, Third Person 8.2%, Action 8%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #25 METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake
78% matchVery Positive84% of 1,033 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.
Why similar: Stealth 62.6%, Action 20.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Violent 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #26 Dead Rising 4
80% matchMixed57% of 8,438 reviews2017
Dev: Capcom Game Studio Vancouver, Inc.Pub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
Why similar: Zombies 31.5%, Open World 13.4%, Co-op 11.9%, Survival 11.3%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers frantic open-world action with creative crafting for weaponizing everyday objects against zombies.
- #27 Miscreated
78% matchMixed66% of 31,592 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 38.2 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 33.7% ★, Survival 19.3%, Zombies 16.6%, Open World 10.8%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #28 7 Days to Die
74% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.0 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 21.5% ★, Survival 18.2%, Zombies 18.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Open World 9.1%
- #29 Don't Starve Together
75% matchVery Positive95% of 543,644 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.3% ★, Survival 30.7%, Co-op 5.1%, Multiplayer 4.1%, Open World 3.2%
- #30 Damned Nation Reborn
79% matchMostly Negative20% of 83 reviews2015
Dev: Sinister
Windows
Blending horror survival/ Building and tower defence elements Damned Nation gives the player more ways to experience the post apocalypse the ever before.
Why similar: Zombies 23.5%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 10.5%, Tower Defense 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features indie action and strategic survival elements within a tense apocalyptic world.
- #31 Zombie Survival Game Online
76% matchMixed69% of 317 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 23.9% ★, Zombies 18.9%, Survival 14.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 11%
- #32 Grounded 2
73% matchVery Positive81% of 24,763 reviews2025
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Survival 18.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Co-op 10.6%, Open World 9.3%
- #33 DREADZONE
75% matchMixed51% of 1,239 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 17%, Base Building 16.7%, Survival 16.6%, Co-op 12.6%, Open World 11.6%
- #34 GRAV
77% matchMixed47% of 6,922 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 31.1% ★, Survival 17.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 8.3%
- #35 Gone: Survival
76% matchMixed43% of 320 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Zombies 19.5%, Survival 17.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 10.4%
- #36 No One Survived
72% matchMixed64% of 7,844 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.7 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 24%, Zombies 23.5%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Co-op 9.1%
- #37 Umbrella Corps
77% matchMostly Negative32% of 3,360 reviews2016
Dev: CAPCOM
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Join the corps! Umbrella Corps brings a competitive experience featuring new types of strategy and technique blended with elements from the world of Resident Evil, to create a unique kind of shooter!
Why similar: Zombies 40.7%, Co-op 16.3%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Survival 11%, Action 10.7%
- #38 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
74% 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 38.1% ★, Survival 21.4%, Open World 10.4%, Zombies 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #39 Deadburg
72% matchVery Positive87% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Reanimated Games
Windows
Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city.
Why similar: Zombies 24.6%, Base Building 23%, Survival 22.5%, Crafting 8.7%, Co-op 7.4%
- #40 Sons Of The Forest
68% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 23.9%, Base Building 17.7%, Co-op 15.2%, Open World 14.7%, Crafting 10.6%
- #41 INCUR Survival
71% matchVery Positive81% of 112 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 28.1% ★, Zombies 20.3%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 11.5%, Open World 9.8%
- #42 State of Decay
71% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Why similar: Zombies 35.1%, Survival 23.6%, Open World 14.6%, Base Building 10%, Multiplayer 4.1%
- #43 METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 18 min≥1hr: 7%
This second installment to the collection features “Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” and “Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection version),” and also a digital soundtrack and "Metal Gear: Ghost Babel" as bonus content.
Why similar: Stealth 40.7%, Survival 16.5%, Action 15.1%, Adventure 10.1%, Third Person 9.2%
- #44 VEIN
66% matchVery Positive88% of 12,706 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 21.6%, Survival 19.4%, Base Building 16.7%, Open World 13.3%, Co-op 10.7%
- #45 Blood Night
67% matchVery Positive95% of 111 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%, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Open World 9.2%
- #46 Survival: Lost Way
71% matchMostly Negative36% of 301 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 28.3%, Crafting 21.8%, Base Building 17.1%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Action 7.5%
- #47 DESOLATE
70% matchMixed66% of 8,065 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 31%, Zombies 24.5%, Open World 20.4%, Horror 5.5%, Stealth 5.5%
- #48 Dead District: Survival
70% matchMixed47% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 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: Survival 21%, Zombies 17.8%, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 14.6%, Multiplayer 10.7%
- #49 XERA: Survival
69% matchMixed66% of 7,942 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.1% ★, Base Building 19%, Survival 16%, Crafting 12%, Open World 9.8%
- #50 LET IT DIE
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,573 reviews2018
Dev: SUPERTRICK GAMES, Inc.Pub: GungHo Online Entertainment America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Experience all the heart-thumping action with a silky-smooth frame rate and ultra-high resolution. How you make the best of the weapons, armor, and items at your disposal will determine your fate in the ever-changing Tower of Barbs!
Why similar: Multiplayer 36.8%, Action 23.9%, Violent 17.6%, Third Person 17%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #51 Welcome to ParadiZe
67% matchMixed68% of 1,403 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Zombies 17.9%, Open World Survival Craft 14.8% ★, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Co-op 11%
- #52 Next Day: Survival
69% 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 36.7%, Open World 21.4%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Crafting 12.2%, Co-op 10.6%
- #53 KeepUp Survival
68% matchMixed64% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 24.5% ★, Survival 15%, Base Building 14.6%, Co-op 11.5%, Crafting 10.8%
- #54 Soviet Survival
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
Why similar: Zombies 23.7%, Survival 18.3%, Base Building 17.5%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 12.5%
- #55 MISERY
63% matchVery Positive84% of 26,185 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Survival 17.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Co-op 11%, Crafting 10.4%
