- #1 Abiotic Factor
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 55,118 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same science-horror survival vibe as MISERY, focusing on cooperative exploration and crafting within a dangerous, anomalous facility.
- #2 7 Days to Die
96% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 21.3% ★, Survival 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Base Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive co-op survival horror experience featuring deep base-building, crafting, and intense horde-based combat.
- #3 Sons Of The Forest
96% matchVery Positive88% of 304,972 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 32.5 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 15.4%, Survival Horror 12%, Base Building 11.7%, Open World 11.3%, Co-op 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a high-fidelity survival horror experience with a strong emphasis on co-op building and navigating a hostile, monster-infested open world.
- #4 Once Human
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 173,391 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 50.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A massive multiplayer survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world filled with strange anomalies and challenging PvE encounters.
- #5 ICARUS
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 63,962 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Survival 11.5%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This session-based survival game emphasizes team coordination, crafting, and surviving against harsh environmental hazards.
- #6 Generation Zero®
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 41,788 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: Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Open World 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused open-world survival game where players must scavenge and fight against overwhelming mechanical threats in a desolate landscape.
- #7 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 132,906 reviews2024
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC Game World (worldwide)
Windows
Median: 29.4 hrsMean: 55.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.8%, Open World 22.3%, Survival 20.9%, Shooter 8.9%, Immersive Sim 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the radioactive, anomaly-filled atmosphere and survival-horror tension found in the seed game.
- #8 Project Zomboid
93% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Open World Survival Craft 25.9% ★, Survival 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Open World 11%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides the most hardcore, realistic survival mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting, perfect for players who enjoy deep resource management.
- #9 VEIN
91% matchVery Positive89% of 10,247 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Open World 12.2%, Co-op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game focuses on the gritty reality of scavenging and building a home in a world reclaimed by nature and threats.
- #10 HumanitZ
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,839 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.1% ★, Survival 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that focuses on scavenging and base-building in a world overrun by zombies and environmental dangers.
- #11 DESOLATE
91% matchMixed67% of 8,039 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 35.5%, Open World 27.5%, Horror 21.6%, Survival Horror 5.4%, Crafting 4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival game that tasks players with exploring a dangerous, abandoned island filled with anomalies and hostile entities.
- #12 Voidtrain
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,447 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 9.3%, Co-op 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This unique survival game features co-op exploration and base-building on a customizable train traversing a surreal, interdimensional void.
- #13 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
89% matchVery Positive83% of 68,064 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Survival 20.5%, Base Building 18.6%, Open World 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Online Co-Op 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at the base-building and community management aspects of survival, offering a compelling co-op experience against persistent threats.
- #14 No One Survived
88% matchMixed65% of 7,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 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 17.5%, Open World 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a comprehensive survival experience with extensive crafting and base-building mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #15 Deadside
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,248 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 25.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 9.2%, Base Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that focuses on open-world exploration, base-building, and tactical combat against both AI and players.
- #16 Will To Live Online
87% matchMixed69% of 18,236 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 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: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% ★, Survival 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Open World 13%, Multiplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic MMORPG that emphasizes survival, exploration, and combat in a radioactive wasteland.
- #17 SurrounDead
86% matchVery Positive92% of 24,802 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.9 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: Survival 18.7%, Open World Survival Craft 18.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Open World 14.8%, Base Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes scavenging and combat in a massive, post-apocalyptic open world filled with zombies.
- #18 Survive the Nights
85% matchMixed66% of 6,549 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 22.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Survival 11.9%, Co-op 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game prioritizes realistic survival and base fortification, making it a great choice for players who enjoy the defensive aspects of MISERY.
- #19 The Forest
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.2% ★, Survival 16.2%, Open World 10%, Crafting 8.5%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival horror title that forces players to work together to build defenses and survive against terrifying cannibalistic threats.
- #20 SCUM
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 124,053 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.3% ★, Survival 17%, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Open World 14.5%, Crafting 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Known for its incredibly detailed survival mechanics and harsh, realistic post-apocalyptic world, it is ideal for players seeking a challenge.
- #21 Miscreated
84% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 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 39.8% ★, Survival 17%, Open World 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game built on the CryEngine, focusing on exploration, crafting, and surviving against mutants and other players.
- #22 KLETKA
81% matchVery Positive91% of 7,178 reviews2026
Dev: Callback
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.2%, Co-op 19.6%, Horror 15.6%, PvE 13.9%, Action Roguelike 13%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, horror-focused co-op game that challenges players to survive in a procedurally generated, nightmare-inducing environment.
- #23 The Wild Eight
83% matchMixed68% of 8,077 reviews2019
Dev: Eight PointsPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Survival 16.8%, Co-op 8.6%, Open World 8.4%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival game set in a frozen wilderness that requires teamwork to manage resources and uncover the mystery of a plane crash.
- #24 DREADZONE
82% matchMixed52% of 1,188 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: Base Building 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Co-op 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: An early-access survival game that focuses on the core loop of scavenging and co-op play in a dangerous open world.
- #25 Emissary Zero
80% matchVery Positive84% of 2,952 reviews2025
Dev: Rone Vine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.1%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Co-op 14%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes co-op play and atmospheric tension, mirroring the darker themes of MISERY.
- #26 Valheim
79% matchVery Positive94% of 534,015 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.8 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Survival 10.5%, Base Building 8.4%, Open World 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a massive, procedurally generated world perfect for co-op exploration, base-building, and survival against mythical threats.
- #27 Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
81% matchMostly Negative37% of 369 reviews2023
Dev: EFNSOFT
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Survival 10.8%, Crafting 9.3%, Open World 9.1%, Survival Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the horror and exploration aspects of survival, tasking players with discovering secrets in a dangerous, unknown world.
- #28 Grounded
78% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Survival 15.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: While smaller in scale, it offers top-tier co-op survival and base-building mechanics that are highly polished and engaging.
- #29 Don't Starve Together
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 531,653 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.7 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 55.3% ★, Survival 24.3%, Co-op 4.4%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Online Co-Op 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging co-op survival game with a distinct art style and deep crafting mechanics that emphasize teamwork to survive the night.
- #30 Nuclear Nightmare
77% matchVery Positive81% of 18,198 reviews2024
Dev: BG Productions
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Co-op 12.6%, Horror 11.7%, Open World 8.3%
- #31 Rem Survival
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 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 30.1% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 12%, Open World 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated survival game that focuses on the fundamentals of crafting, building, and surviving in a hostile open world.
- #32 Necesse
75% matchVery Positive93% of 27,199 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Survival 9%, Crafting 8.3%, Open World 8.2%, Base Building 7.4%
- #33 Plains of Pain
77% matchVery Positive84% of 757 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
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: Open World Survival Craft 19.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Base Building 9.2%, Survival 8%
- #34 Project: Mist
76% matchMixed69% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a remote island solo or in MULTIPLAYER co-op in this open-world survival horror. Manipulate objects and enemies with the Gravity Gun, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and survive a hostile world shaped by abandoned, mysterious facilities.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Crafting 8.2%, Survival 7.9%
- #35 Green Hell
76% matchVery Positive85% of 97,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Survival 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Crafting 7.4%
- #36 Backrooms: Escape Together
74% matchVery Positive88% of 36,535 reviews2022
Dev: Triiodide Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22%, Survival Horror 17%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Horror 14.5%, Co-op 13.1%
- #37 MIMESIS
73% matchVery Positive85% of 9,316 reviews2025
Dev: ReLU Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.3%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Procedural Generation 15.1%, Horror 13.6%, PvE 13%
- #38 ANEURISM IV
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,988 reviews2025
Dev: Vellocet
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A dystopian simulator where your choices shape a decaying city. Join other players to protect the metropolis from ruin, hasten its downfall, or simply work in the factories. With no set goals or rules, every action has consequences in a world teetering on the brink.
Why similar: Crafting 21.1%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Survival 17.2%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%
- #39 Urge
75% matchVery Positive90% of 498 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival Horror 10%, Survival 8.5%
- #40 DayZ
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 461,119 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.8 hrsMean: 275.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Survival 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Open World 9.4%
- #41 Whisper of the Swallows
71% matchVery Positive86% of 163 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 23.6% ★, Online Co-Op 10%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 8.9%
- #42 Survival: Lost Way
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 291 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Survival 15.4%, Crafting 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #43 The Legacy
72% matchMixed53% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Second RealityPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Cooperative survival and horror genre. You and your family have returned to your native land, on which a terrible curse and darkness has fallen. Will you be able to survive in a harsh and dangerous environment and stop the evil? It depends only on you, on your skills and ability to help each other.
Why similar: Survival 13.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Open World 11.4%, Co-op 9.8%
- #44 PANICORE
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 12,641 reviews2024
Dev: ZTEK Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.2%, Horror 21.9%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Co-op 8.3%, PvE 7.2%
- #45 Hauntsville
71% matchMixed65% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: Michael JanischPub: indie.io
Windows
You're a nameless traveler, stranded in a ghost town in the Cursed West. Use your wits, elbow grease, and the iron on your hip. Build a homestead, work the land, and survive against unspeakable monsters in this unique Western horror survival game - alone or with friends!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.2%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Open World 8.7%
- #46 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
71% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 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 38.8% ★, Survival 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #47 Soviet Survival
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 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 14.2%, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Crafting 11%
- #48 Ruins To Fortress
69% matchMixed64% of 176 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: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9%, Open World 7.5%
- #49 Species: Unknown
65% matchVery Positive95% of 7,827 reviews2025
Dev: WanadevStudio
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.8%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 10.7%, PvE 10.7%
- #50 STALCRAFT: X
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 99,351 reviews2022
Dev: EXBO
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 96.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
STALCRAFT: X is the largest open-world online game in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore the world full of mutants and anomalies alone or with friends — unforgettable emotions guaranteed.
Why similar: Multiplayer 27.2%, Horror 21.2%, Shooter 19.4%, PvE 16.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #51 Crushed
70% matchMixed54% of 311 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 26.9% ★, Survival 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Open World 9.1%, Base Building 8.9%
- #52 Subsistence
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,685 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 39.9 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 34.7% ★, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 10.7%, Open World 8.6%, Base Building 8.1%
- #53 KeepUp Survival
67% matchMixed64% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Co-op 9.1%
- #54 Sunrise: survival
70% matchMixed48% of 529 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 29.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Open World 10.1%, Online Co-Op 7.9%
- #55 Zombie Survival Game Online
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 308 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 21.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%
- #56 Road to Eden
68% 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 19.6% ★, Survival 10.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Base Building 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
- #57 Far Lands
66% matchMixed65% of 167 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 24.5% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 9.3%
- #58 Anomaly Zone
68% matchMixed48% of 988 reviews2019
Dev: NEW STORY GAMESPub: MALSER LLC
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 57.1 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: Survival 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.7%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Open World 15.3%, Multiplayer 10.7%
- #59 CastleMiner Z
67% matchVery Positive81% of 11,113 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 7.9%, Open World 7.7%
