- #1 The Infected
97% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% ★, Survival 13.9%, Zombies 11.5%, Base Building 10.6%, Open World 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a very similar gameplay loop of solo survival, base construction, and defending against AI threats in an open world.
- #2 7 Days to Die
96% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 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 30.6% ★, Survival 21.1%, Zombies 18.3%, Open World 10.7%, Base Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive zombie survival game featuring deep base-building, voxel-based destruction, and intense horde mechanics.
- #3 Subsistence
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 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 46.5% ★, Survival 20.7%, Open World 10.7%, Crafting 8.2%, Base Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging single-player survival experience where managing resources and building a secure base is essential for long-term survival.
- #4 Project Zomboid
95% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 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 29.6% ★, Survival 23.5%, Zombies 22.1%, Open World 11.8%, Sandbox 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep and realistic simulation of zombie survival that rewards careful planning and stealthy exploration.
- #5 SurrounDead
94% matchVery Positive92% of 23,544 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.2 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 28.6%, Survival 23.3%, Open World Survival Craft 21.2% ★, Open World 15.7%, Base Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated single-player zombie survival game that emphasizes looting, exploration, and managing your inventory effectively.
- #6 The Forest
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 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 46% ★, Survival 21.2%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 5.8%, Zombies 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival game that excels at creating a sense of dread and isolation while offering robust crafting and building tools.
- #7 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
93% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.1 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: Survival 28.4%, Zombies 28.3%, Open World 18.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on base management and the high-stakes tension of scavenging for supplies in a zombie-infested world.
- #8 Night of the Dead
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 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 31% ★, Zombies 16.7%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 9.9%, Base Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends traditional survival crafting with tower-defense mechanics to help you survive nightly zombie waves.
- #9 Sons Of The Forest
91% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 32.0 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 32.6%, Open World 20.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 9.3%, Survival Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides high-fidelity survival mechanics and complex base-building in a hostile, atmospheric wilderness.
- #10 No One Survived
91% matchMixed65% of 7,577 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.9 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 29.9%, Zombies 25.8%, Open World 18.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Survival Horror 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic survival elements like temperature management and complex base construction in a zombie-filled world.
- #11 Green Hell
90% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.7 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 45.6% ★, Survival 21.6%, Open World 9.7%, Base Building 7.4%, Crafting 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features hardcore survival mechanics that force players to pay close attention to their physical health and environmental threats.
- #12 HumanitZ
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,640 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.2 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 22.4% ★, Zombies 19%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down zombie survival game that offers deep mechanics for base-building and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #13 VEIN
87% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 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 24.3%, Zombies 23.6%, Open World 16.7%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: An early-access title that captures the gritty, scavenging-focused vibe of solo zombie survival.
- #14 The Long Dark
89% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50% ★, Survival 25%, Open World 12%, Crafting 4.4%, Sandbox 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the lonely, atmospheric struggle for survival against nature, focusing on resource management and environmental hazards.
- #15 DESOLATE
89% matchMixed67% of 8,009 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.5 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 34.8%, Zombies 24%, Open World 23%, Horror 4%, Gore 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: An eerie, atmospheric survival game that tasks players with exploring a dangerous, supernatural-infested open world.
- #16 Survival: Fountain of Youth
86% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Survival 18.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Open World 9.7%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a detailed survival experience with a strong focus on crafting, exploration, and managing environmental challenges.
- #17 DeadPoly
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 35.7% ★, Zombies 19.9%, Survival 17.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly zombie survival game that mirrors the core looting and base-building loops found in Mist Survival.
- #18 Outbreak Island
85% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival 26.1%, Zombies 18%, Base Building 12.7%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused survival game that emphasizes exploration and uncovering the truth behind a viral outbreak.
- #19 Rem Survival
84% 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 39% ★, Survival 17.9%, Open World 12.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core survival loop of gathering resources and building a shelter to withstand the apocalypse.
- #20 Stranded Deep
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.2% ★, Survival 23.1%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 7.5%, Sandbox 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the isolation and resource management required to survive in a harsh, island-based environment.
- #21 LifeZ - Survival
83% 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 35.3% ★, Zombies 19.4%, Survival 17.9%, Base Building 8.6%, Open World 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward zombie survival game that focuses on the basics of scavenging and staying alive.
- #22 Urge
81% matchVery Positive90% of 476 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 35.9% ★, Survival 14.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Open World 10%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that prioritizes atmosphere and base-building in a sandbox environment.
- #23 ICARUS
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 41.1% ★, Survival 21.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Open World 11%, Crafting 8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a session-based survival experience with a heavy emphasis on crafting, building, and surviving against harsh weather conditions.
- #24 How to Survive 2
82% matchMixed69% of 10,988 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.5% ★, Zombies 23.4%, Survival 22.6%, Open World 8.7%, Base Building 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible zombie survival game that allows for base-building and crafting in a top-down perspective.
- #25 The Last Plague: Blight
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,349 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.8% ★, Survival 22.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Sandbox 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic survival game that emphasizes the struggle against both disease and environmental decay.
- #26 SCUM
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 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 33.9% ★, Survival 16%, Zombies 14.9%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 6.6%
- #27 Conan Exiles
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Survival 26.1%, Open World 16.1%, Crafting 8.2%, Sandbox 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features extensive base-building and survival mechanics set in a brutal, unforgiving open world.
- #28 My Island
78% matchMixed67% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
MyIsland is a relaxed and beautiful survival game,You will drift and survive on the tropical islands, hunt and travel, build houses and development farming, and create your own warm homeland.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 52.6% ★, Survival 21.5%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 7%, Base Building 3%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxed survival experience that emphasizes exploration and building in a large, open-world island setting.
- #29 Survive the Nights
76% matchMixed66% of 6,335 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 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 36.9% ★, Zombies 24.9%, Survival 21.3%, Sandbox 8.3%, FPS 3.1%
- #30 Miscreated
77% 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 43.7% ★, Survival 20.4%, Zombies 15.3%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 4.4%
- #31 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
78% matchMixed54% of 899 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 28.1%, Survival 22.5%, Open World 17.2%, Crafting 11%, Sandbox 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game that focuses on the dangers of the night and the necessity of building fortified shelters.
- #32 Rust
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Survival 32.1%, Open World 14.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 4.8%
- #33 Winter Survival
73% matchMixed63% of 751 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Survival 18.3%, Open World 12.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 5.8%
- #34 Deadside
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,013 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.2 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 41.1% ★, Survival 23.4%, Open World 14%, Base Building 9%, Crafting 5.9%
- #35 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
76% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 48.9% ★, Survival 22.4%, Open World 11.1%, Zombies 7.5%, Crafting 4.4%
- #36 Zompiercer
73% matchVery Positive89% of 4,081 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.
Why similar: Zombies 27.5%, Survival 20.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Open World 15.3%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #37 Sunkenland
71% matchVery Positive81% of 22,996 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.6% ★, Survival 19.8%, Base Building 11.1%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 7%
- #38 Out of Reach
74% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.3% ★, Survival 21.2%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 7.7%, Base Building 5.9%
- #39 Gone: Survival
74% matchMixed44% of 308 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: Survival 22.8%, Zombies 22.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Open World 13.9%, Crafting 10.8%
- #40 KeepUp Survival
71% matchMixed65% of 734 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.7 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 37.2% ★, Survival 18.4%, Open World 13.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 8.4%
- #41 IfSunSets
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,127 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.8 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 30.2% ★, Zombies 16.4%, Survival 14.2%, Open World 10.4%, Base Building 10%
- #42 Crushed
73% matchMixed55% of 307 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 35.7% ★, Survival 16.1%, Open World 11.3%, Zombies 11%, Base Building 8.3%
- #43 DREADZONE
69% matchMixed51% of 1,171 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: Survival 25.2%, Zombies 22.4%, Open World 17.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 11.1%
- #44 Next Day: Survival
70% 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 50.4%, Open World 29.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Sandbox 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #45 DYSMANTLE
67% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Survival 25.1%, Zombies 23.3%, Open World 17.5%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 10.9%
- #46 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
65% matchVery Positive87% of 4,190 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Survival 15.1%, Base Building 14.5%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 7.4%
- #47 Better Late Than DEAD
72% matchMostly Negative28% of 909 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.
Why similar: Survival 38.7%, Open World 20.1%, Zombies 16.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #48 Survival Machine
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Survival 15.3%, Zombies 14.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 10.1%
- #49 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
70% matchMixed50% of 163 reviews2018
Dev: Mehan Games
Windows
You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Survival 25.2%, Open World 13.3%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 6.7%
- #50 Nomad
69% 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 42% ★, Survival 20.3%, Zombies 17.6%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 5.3%
- #51 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
68% matchVery Positive81% of 1,006 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Survival 27.5%, Open World 14.6%, Survival Horror 6.3%, Violent 4.9%
- #52 ZED ZONE
66% matchVery Positive80% of 3,539 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Zombies 30.4%, Survival 27.1%, Open World 18.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #53 Radiation Island
68% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.1% ★, Survival 22.5%, Zombies 16%, Open World 8.2%, Crafting 4.2%
- #54 Force of Nature
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.9% ★, Survival 19.9%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 5.6%
- #55 Hold Your Own
69% matchMixed68% of 574 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Survival 29.5%, Open World 17.9%, Base Building 16.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #56 INCUR Survival
66% matchVery Positive84% of 103 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 38.8% ★, Zombies 20%, Survival 16.5%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 8.2%