- #1 Junk Survivor
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 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 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Survival 11.1%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 9.6%
- #2 Broken World
96% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Zombies 13.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.6%
- #3 Rules of Nature
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BombGame
Windows
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival game set during a zombie outbreak. As one of the few survivors, you must explore towns to scavenge supplies, remain vigilant against zombie attacks, recruit fellow survivors, and build your survivor base. Stay alive!
Why similar: Zombies 14.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Base Building 10%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.6%
- #4 Foul
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AZRK
Windows
Foul is a survival game with story elements. Alone, you must face everything that comes your way. Contaminated animals, hunger, and darkness are just some of the dangers awaiting you.
Why similar: Zombies 15%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Open World 10.7%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 10.6%
- #5 Last of Humanity
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divine Games, inc.
Windows
Welcome to Last of Humanity, an online open-world sandbox multiplayer zombie survival game. Travel the zombie wasteland as you attempt to rebuild society controlling key locations to manufacture & produce equipment for survival. Forage, Craft and shoot your way to survival from the dead and living.
Why similar: Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Zombies 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%
- #6 HUNKER DOWN
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: munkgames
Windows
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.
Why similar: Zombies 16.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #7 Rocks Tools Hordes
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neural Monkeys
Windows · Mac
Rocks, Tools, Hordes is a survival crafting game where a brave little girl explores vast caves, builds her base, and battles endless zombie waves. Play the Demo! Add to Wishlist! Mine resources, craft gear, and pilot powerful robots to withstand the horde. Robots, rocks, and really rude zombies.
Why similar: Survival 14.7%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 11.4%
- #8 A Silent Desolation
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHK Interactive
Windows
Stranded on post-apocalyptic Earth centuries after humanity's exodus, "A Silent Desolation" is a solo survival game developed by one person. Face dangers, craft, explore, and uncover secrets while repairing a shuttle base to escape.
Why similar: Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 11.1%
- #9 Medieval Apocalypse
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joma Rage
Windows · Mac
The main goal in Medieval Apocalypse is not only to survive as in previous survival games where you had to watch over the hunger, thirst, fatigue but the player will have to watch out for infection caused by zombies to not become one of them.
Why similar: Zombies 16.2%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 11.2%, Survival 11.2%
- #10 VEIN
89% 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: Zombies 16.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%
- #11 Gone: Survival
91% 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: Zombies 14%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%
- #12 HORDE Survival
90% matchMostly Negative29% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: WDS Games
Windows
See yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic. Find or craft weapons and tools to fight against the living and the dead. Build a safe place to survive in this cruel, apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 12.6%, Building 12.2%, Survival 11.8%
- #13 Monument
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mniszeko
Windows
Monument is a co-op or solo survival game set in a harsh zombie apocalypse. Scavenge, fight, and survive against the undead and dangerous humans. How far will you go to survive?
Why similar: Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Zombies 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%
- #14 Squad Zero
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 18.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 12.2%
- #15 Cosmic Remnants
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YAGEL09
Windows · Mac
In Cosmic Remnants, you find yourself adrift in space with only a floating platform. Alone or with friends, survive by scavenging resources, upgrading your platform, and enhancing yourself with discovered body parts. Explore advanced bases and uncover the truth behind humanity's demise!
Why similar: Base Building 15.4%, Robots 14.9%, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 12.1%, Survival 10.6%
- #16 The Survivors
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Guygames
Windows
You crashed near a city infested by an unknown virus, you discover a world of nightmare infested with zombies but also by fanatics. Deliver yourself, craft, build and fight for your survival and the other survivors that populate this world in this survival game.
Why similar: Zombies 19.8%, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Open World 13.1%
- #17 Zeverland
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Quirks
Windows
Welcome to Zeverland. Common sense is your best weapon against the Zeds. After figuring out the "not dying" part, grab some friends to save the world. Find a cure, build a rocket, or a tower too high for Zeds to climb. Nothing's off limits. You're here at the very start of the apocalypse. Go wild!
Why similar: Zombies 18.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 13.5%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #18 Xsyon - Prelude
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 11%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 10.2%
- #19 Dive Into The Survival
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Modak Studio
Windows
[Dive Into The Survival] is a cooperative zombie apocalypse survival game.
Why similar: Zombies 17%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 12.1%, Action RPG 11.5%, Building 10.9%
- #20 DREADZONE
83% 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: Base Building 14.4%, Zombies 14.1%, Crafting 13.3%, Open World 12.2%, Survival 12.2%
- #21 Lost Zone: Survival
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ykn Studio
Windows
Lost Zone: Survival ,Survive in a vast open world by battling harsh conditions, hunger, and unknown threats. Explore with friends, gather resources, fish, farm, and craft tools to stay alive. Beware of other players who can steal your hard-earned loot. Only the strongest will survive!
Why similar: Crafting 13.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 11.8%, Survival 11%, Open World 11%
- #22 Enshrouded
81% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Open World 16.2%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 9.7%
- #23 Exot
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: PH Networks
Windows
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Crafting 16.3%, Building 14.7%, Sandbox 14.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 13.2%
- #24 Tides of Despair
82% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Survival Poly Games
Windows
After a shipwreck, you are one of the survivors. To Survive you will need to fight for your life.
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 15.9%, Building 14.3%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 13.4%
- #25 Polygon Survival
81% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Zombies 16.8%, Crafting 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 11.2%
- #26 As I Survive
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinnacle Gaming Studios
Windows
A survival FPS where you must maintain the tactical advantage to survive your environment. Explore caves and bunkers, unlock secrets, and contain the situation in the valley to restore peace. Unlock new quests along the way that will give you the power to save what is left.
Why similar: Zombies 15.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11%
- #27 Dust
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dust Studio
Windows
Survive a brutal zombie-infested world in this first-person survival experience. Scavenge resources, manage hunger and health, craft weapons, build shelters, and fight to stay alive in a dark open world.
Why similar: Zombies 18.2%, Crafting 16%, Base Building 14.5%, Open World 14%, Survival 13.1%
- #28 Paloma Island
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Houari Mohamed AminePub: Damz Games
Windows
Stranded after a storm, survive the uncharted dangers of Paloma Island. Gather resources, craft tools, and build shelter in this open-world sandbox survival adventure. Explore lush biomes and diverse locations, uncover secrets, and face wildlife and enemies to stay alive.
Why similar: Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 13%, Zombies 12.9%
- #29 Core Reboot : 4 Seasons
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElderCat
Windows
Struggle to survive! Drawn by an unknown force, you’ve crashed onto a deserted planet. Hunt, gather, and endure through harsh seasons. Face terrifying monsters at each season’s end and find a way to escape. Can you survive and return to safety?
Why similar: Robots 16.5%, Open World 16.1%, Crafting 15.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 13.8%
- #30 State of Decay: YOSE
79% matchVery Positive82% of 12,799 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Why similar: Zombies 27.1%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 15.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #31 Apocalypse Island
77% matchMixed41% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Bettini Games
Windows
As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.
Why similar: Zombies 23%, Survival 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 10.1%
- #32 No One Survived
75% 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: Zombies 18.8%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10%
- #33 Undead Wilderness: Survival
77% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: VortexByte Studios
Windows
Undead Wilderness: Survive the unforgiving jungle, unravel its mysteries, and escape the relentless horde of bloodthirsty zombies. Scavenge, manage resources, and fight for your life in a heart-pounding race against the growing undead threat.
Why similar: Zombies 17.2%, Base Building 16.2%, Crafting 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Survival 13.2%
- #34 Radland
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plasma Interactive
Windows
Radland is an open world survival game with a deep story and base building elements. Gather resources, build your base, grow your own food trade with survivors, complete the quests and eliminate all raider and mutant threat that is roaming what is left of United States.
Why similar: Base Building 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Open World 11%, Action RPG 10.1%, Building 10%
- #35 Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
76% matchVery Positive80% of 2,320 reviews2021
Dev: A.Y.stdPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Crafting 14.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Open World 13%, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #36 Keplerth
75% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 17.2%, Building 16.3%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 8.1%
- #37 Machine TakeOver
73% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Burak S.
Windows
A brutal single-player top-down survival game about looting, hiding, and outsmarting relentless Machines in a decaying city where humanity is already over.
Why similar: Robots 13%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Open World 10.3%
- #38 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
74% matchMixed63% of 996 reviews2021
Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Building 15.8%, Sandbox 14.2%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13.3%, Crafting 12.7%
- #39 99 Nights
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ammonite Design Studios
Windows
Chop down trees, gather fuel & scrap, search abandoned structures, and build a base camp strong enough to withstand what comes after the sun sets. The wilderness grows more dangerous with every passing night, and something is always watching from beyond the firelight. Survive all 99 Nights.
Why similar: Sandbox 17%, Base Building 15.9%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 12.6%, Open World 11.8%
- #40 Why It's Empty Here: The Game
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Damian BakkerPub: Empty Studio
Windows
Action-survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open-world teeming with various creatures. Explore the world devastated by a mysterious virus. Search for supplies, craft weapons, and battle creatures.
Why similar: Zombies 14.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 11%
- #41 Survivalist
74% matchVery Positive80% of 2,560 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Why similar: Zombies 20.3%, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Open World 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
- #42 New Spring: Survival
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Promination Studios
Windows
New Spring is a open world zombie survival RPG where you spend the daytime exploring and scavenging for tools and weapons, and defend your base when night falls. How long can you stave off the hordes?
Why similar: Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 13.1%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Survival 10.9%
- #43 State of Decay
73% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Why similar: Zombies 30.3%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Base Building 8.9%
- #44 Avelia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Avelia Entertainment
Windows
Delve into a low-poly survival adventure. Craft, build, thrive, breed animals, master fishing, farming, face formidable bosses. Elevate skills with stats, levels, a skill tree. Equip magic, bows, and swords to survive and dominate in a captivating medieval world
Why similar: Sandbox 15%, Action RPG 14.4%, Crafting 14%, Building 13.7%, Base Building 10.7%
- #45 Port Town: Survival
70% matchMixed46% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Emre ŞahinPub: Survivillage
Windows
A deserted port town, missing people, and a dark secret waiting to be uncovered… Dive into Port Town’s open world, collect mysterious photos, and reveal the truth. But be careful… some secrets are meant to stay buried.
Why similar: Building 13.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 11.7%
- #46 No More Heroes
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 生汽橘子
Windows
"No More Heroes" is a 2.5D survival-exploration game. You find yourself in a world of unknown Yin-Yang and Five Elements forces. Gather food and materials, construct buildings and tools, forge weapons, combat dangerous entities, and confront unexpected events. Do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Survival 17%, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 14.3%, Crafting 12.3%, Action RPG 8.6%
- #47 Unfear Day
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Norman Studio
Windows
it is an open world multiplayer survival game that combines sandbox and simulation elements, including base building, NPC recruitment, community building, and the fusion of zombie growth elements and major event elements.
Why similar: Zombies 18.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 13.4%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 12.1%
- #48 DISTANT VISITANT
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TriadPixel
Windows
Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.
Why similar: Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Open World 12%
- #49 LandFall Survival
68% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: LastPulse Studio
Windows
Landfall is a thrilling low-poly co-op dungeon crawler and extraction game. Build and upgrade your base, trade with vendors, and team up to explore diverse maps, complete quests, gather loot, and defeat bosses. Gear up, survive, and thrive together in this unique low-poly PvE adventure.
Why similar: Action RPG 13.8%, Zombies 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Survival 8.9%
- #50 Deep Despair 3
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep Despair 3 is an open-world survival action-adventure with RPG elements! Fight, survive, dig, build, explore vast worlds, engage in farming, breed animals, gather resources, and level up to the max!
Why similar: Zombies 13.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 12.3%, Open World 11%
- #51 Fallen Region
71% matchMixed41% of 185 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 16.9%, Survival 13%, Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 10.2%
- #52 Fargone
69% matchMixed69% of 559 reviews2022
Dev: RedDot Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.
Why similar: Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 10%
- #53 ENDGAME: Survival
69% matchMixed45% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: AGames
Windows
Big group of people will be dropped into a deserted island where they will have to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 16.7%, Building 15%, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #54 Novus Inceptio
71% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Crafting 13.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11.7%
- #55 Quarantine-Z: Survival
68% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelated Games
Windows
2 years have passed since a virus totally unknown to humanity originated in your small town. People have become aggressive and cannibalistic.
Why similar: Zombies 17.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Survival 12.9%
- #56 Last Days Of Future
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moket-Studio
Windows
In this single and multiplayer survival game, explore an unknown and hostile environment. Learn to survive by combining elements to craft your own items to hunt, build and defend yourself. Survive alone or with friends in this evolving post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.4%, Robots 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%
- #57 Outbreak Island
64% 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: Sandbox 14.2%, Survival 13%, Crafting 11.8%, Zombies 11.7%, Base Building 11.4%
- #58 Kenshi
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 20.3%, Sandbox 18.5%, Survival 14.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 10.7%
- #59 Emergent-Z
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Battle Buddy Games
Windows
Experience the outbreak in Emergent-Z, a pre-apocalyptic third-person survival game. Build your base, master your skills, and fight to survive as a human—or command chaos as a zombie horde leader. Your choices will shape the fate of the world.
Why similar: Zombies 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Open World 12.4%, Sandbox 11.9%, Survival 11.3%