- #1 The Infected
97% matchVery Positive84% of 6,958 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 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 31.3% ★, Survival 13.8%, Zombies 11.6%, Open World 10.6%, Base Building 10.4%
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 402,373 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 109.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Survival 21%, Zombies 18.3%, Open World 10.7%, Base Building 9.5%
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 13,723 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.1% ★, Survival 20.7%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 8.1%, Base Building 7.5%
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 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 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 29.9% ★, Survival 23.4%, 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 25,610 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Zombies 28.3%, Survival 23.2%, Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Open World 16%, Base Building 7.3%
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 676,820 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 46.3% ★, Survival 21.1%, Open World 11.3%, Crafting 5.7%, 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 69,051 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 38.9 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 28.5%, Survival 28.3%, Open World 18.8%, Base Building 16.5%, 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 11,822 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Zombies 16.7%, Survival 13%, Open World 9.9%, Base Building 9.3%
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 312,586 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 32.1 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 32.8%, Open World 20.7%, Base Building 16%, 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% matchMixed64% of 7,705 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 29.9%, Zombies 25.9%, Open World 18.6%, Crafting 9.1%, 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 HumanitZ
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,392 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Zombies 19.1%, Survival 17%, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 10.3%
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.
- #12 Green Hell
90% matchVery Positive85% of 99,313 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.5 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 45.9% ★, Survival 21.6%, Open World 9.7%, Base Building 7.2%, Crafting 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features hardcore survival mechanics that force players to pay close attention to their physical health and environmental threats.
- #13 VEIN
88% matchVery Positive89% of 11,054 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.4 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: Survival 24.2%, Zombies 24%, Open World 17.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An early-access title that captures the gritty, scavenging-focused vibe of solo zombie survival.
- #14 DESOLATE
89% matchMixed66% of 8,055 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
Why similar: Survival 34.6%, Zombies 24%, Open World 23.3%, 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.
- #15 The Long Dark
87% matchVery Positive89% of 122,628 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.0 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 50.2% ★, Survival 24.8%, Open World 12%, Crafting 4.4%, Sandbox 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the lonely, atmospheric struggle for survival against nature, focusing on resource management and environmental hazards.
- #16 Survival: Fountain of Youth
86% matchVery Positive85% of 4,411 reviews2024
Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 18.6 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 37.5% ★, Survival 18.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 8%
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 Positive78% of 6,038 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Zombies 20%, Survival 17.3%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 7.8%
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% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,017 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 18.1%, Open World 12.7%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 9.8%
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: 47.4 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 39.4% ★, Survival 17.8%, Open World 12.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 8.7%
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 47,623 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 21.0 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 51.6% ★, Survival 22.9%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 7.4%, 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 36.1% ★, Zombies 19.3%, Survival 17.7%, Base Building 8.4%, Open World 5.5%
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 506 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 36.2% ★, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 10.1%, Crafting 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that prioritizes atmosphere and base-building in a sandbox environment.
- #23 ICARUS
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 64,831 reviews2021
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 46.3 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 41.6% ★, Survival 21.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 7.8%
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 11,008 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.8% ★, Zombies 23.5%, Survival 22.5%, Open World 8.7%, Base Building 6.1%
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 1,423 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 42.5% ★, Survival 16.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic survival game that emphasizes the struggle against both disease and environmental decay.
- #26 Conan Exiles Enhanced
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 116,436 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 113.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.9% ★, Survival 26%, Open World 16.1%, Crafting 8%, Sandbox 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features extensive base-building and survival mechanics set in a brutal, unforgiving open world.
- #27 SCUM
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 125,269 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 103.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Survival 15.9%, Zombies 14.9%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 6.4%
- #28 My Island
78% matchMixed66% of 1,723 reviews2024
Dev: SnowBaby Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 53.1% ★, Survival 21.3%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 6.9%, Base Building 2.9%
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 6,615 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Zombies 24.9%, Survival 21.1%, Sandbox 8.1%, FPS 3.1%
- #30 Deadside
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,400 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 23.2%, Open World 13.9%, Base Building 8.8%, Crafting 5.7%
- #31 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 44% ★, Survival 20.2%, Zombies 15.3%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 4.3%
- #32 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
78% matchMixed54% of 900 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.
Why similar: Zombies 28.2%, Survival 22.5%, Open World 17.3%, Crafting 10.9%, 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.
- #33 Rust
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,378,603 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.5 hrsMean: 424.5 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 32.6% ★, Survival 31.9%, Open World 14.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 4.7%
- #34 Winter Survival
73% matchMixed63% of 768 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 37.5% ★, Survival 18.2%, Open World 12.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 5.7%
- #35 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
76% 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 49.3% ★, Survival 22.2%, Open World 11%, Zombies 7.5%, Crafting 4.3%
- #36 Sunkenland
71% matchVery Positive81% of 23,452 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 19.1 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 46.1% ★, Survival 19.7%, Base Building 11%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 6.9%
- #37 Zompiercer
72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,489 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 27.9%, Survival 20.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Open World 15.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #38 Project: Mist
70% matchMixed70% of 206 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.2% ★, Survival 17.7%, Open World 15.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival Horror 7.8%
- #39 Nomad
73% 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 42.5% ★, Survival 20.1%, Zombies 17.6%, Open World 10.9%, Crafting 5.2%
- #40 How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
74% matchMixed57% of 1,262 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 32.3% ★, Zombies 22.7%, Survival 21.8%, Open World 9.1%, Crafting 6.8%
- #41 Next Day: Survival
72% 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 30%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #42 Out of Reach
73% matchMixed57% of 3,049 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 46.8% ★, Survival 21%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 7.5%, Base Building 5.8%
- #43 Crushed
71% matchMixed54% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Survival 16%, Open World 11.3%, Zombies 11%, Base Building 8.2%
- #44 DYSMANTLE
68% matchVery Positive91% of 11,503 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 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 23.5%, Open World 17.7%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 10.8%
- #45 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,010 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.3 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 30%, Survival 27.5%, Open World 14.7%, Survival Horror 6.3%, Violent 4.8%
- #46 KeepUp Survival
69% matchMixed64% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.5% ★, Survival 18.3%, Open World 13.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 8.3%
- #47 Force of Nature
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,205 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 46.4% ★, Survival 19.7%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Sandbox 5.5%
- #48 Gone: Survival
71% matchMixed44% of 312 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Survival 22.8%, Zombies 22.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Open World 14.1%, Crafting 10.7%
- #49 DREADZONE
67% matchMixed51% of 1,197 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Survival 25.2%, Zombies 22.6%, Open World 17.9%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 11%
- #50 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
65% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 46.6% ★, Survival 15%, Base Building 14.3%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 7.3%
- #51 Junk Survivor
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Zombies 25.7%, Survival 23%, Open World 15.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Crafting 8%
- #52 Road to Vostok
63% matchVery Positive84% of 8,270 reviews2026
Dev: Road to Vostok Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.
Why similar: Survival 73.9%, FPS 10.6%, First-Person 6.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Action 2.3%
- #53 INCUR Survival
66% matchVery Positive82% of 108 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.1% ★, Zombies 20%, Survival 16.3%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 8%
- #54 Vortex: The Gateway
69% matchMixed57% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.3% ★, Survival 22.4%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 7%, Survival Horror 3.8%
- #55 Hold Your Own
68% matchMixed67% 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 18%, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #56 Starsand
66% matchMixed66% of 1,246 reviews2022
Dev: Tunnel Vision StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.6% ★, Survival 18.3%, Open World 13.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 8.3%
- #57 Animallica
66% matchMixed70% of 908 reviews2022
Dev: Animallica Games Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.8% ★, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.1%, Base Building 3.7%