- #1 Into The Haze
97% matchMixed57% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: MSOFT
Windows
Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Zombies 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival Horror 15%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 11.5%
- #2 Junk Survivor
96% 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 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Crafting 9.7%
- #3 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
96% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Crafting 12.8%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #4 Winter Survivor Protocol
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Zombies 35.6%, Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 6.6%
- #5 Gone: Survival
94% matchMixed44% of 310 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Base Building 18%, Crafting 14.5%, Building 9.4%
- #6 Decision: Red Daze
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 24.4%, Base Building 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Action RPG 11.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #7 DREADZONE
93% 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 19.1%, Zombies 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 8.2%
- #8 Outbreak Island
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 963 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Base Building 17.4%, Zombies 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 10%
- #9 Dead Unending
92% matchMixed46% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Tyler HudsonPub: Tylario
Windows
A deadly virus plagues the city and the residents now roam the streets as flesh-eating zombies. Loot the apocalyptic open world and build a self-sustaining zombie-killing fortress. Will you survive the apocalypse or become one of the undead?
Why similar: Zombies 24%, Base Building 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Top-Down 7.3%, Survival 7%
- #10 The Dead Await
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
Why similar: Zombies 20.1%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Base Building 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Crafting 12.8%
- #11 No One Survived
89% 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: Zombies 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Crafting 14%, Survival 11.9%
- #12 Invention 3
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Zombies 34%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Survival 7.5%, Action-Adventure 5.9%
- #13 NecroCity
89% matchMixed51% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
Windows
Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹
Why similar: Base Building 26%, Zombies 16.8%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Building 13%, Management 9.3%
- #14 HumanitZ
86% 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: Zombies 23.1%, Base Building 18%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.7%
- #15 ZIC: Survival
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Zombies 17.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Crafting 11.2%
- #16 Chernobylite Complete Edition
86% matchVery Positive82% of 15,313 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Base Building 16%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Supernatural 11.8%, Crafting 10.4%
- #17 Shadows of Kurgansk
87% matchMixed66% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!
Why similar: Zombies 36%, Crafting 18.6%, Survival 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Adventure 7.4%
- #18 Dread Dawn
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,217 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.
Why similar: Zombies 37.8%, Base Building 21.9%, Survival 11.4%, Exploration 9.2%, Building 7.1%
- #19 SurrounDead
84% 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: Zombies 39.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 12.9%, Exploration 5.6%
- #20 Highrisers
85% matchMostly Negative38% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.7%, Crafting 21.6%, Zombies 20.8%, Building 13.2%, Survival 11.6%
- #21 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
81% matchVery Positive94% of 4,417 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Zombies 35.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 12.8%, Exploration 7.9%
- #22 iZolated
83% matchMixed70% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Zombies 20.5%, Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Exploration 9%
- #23 Night Raider
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,940 reviews2024
Dev: TSUKUYOMIC
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...
Why similar: Zombies 33.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Top-Down 8%
- #24 Embers of the Night
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: 巨浪游戏
Windows
In the game, day and night alternate. Zombies will not be active during the day, so you can build your home with confidence. But at night you have to resist hordes of zombies and guard your camp!
Why similar: Zombies 44.8%, Base Building 29.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 6.7%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
- #25 Dead Engine
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Zombies 29.1%, Base Building 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Top-Down 7.9%, Survival 7.8%
- #26 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
82% 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 27.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 10%, Survival 9.9%
- #27 Night of the Dead
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,782 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.7 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: Zombies 26.4%, Base Building 21.3%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Crafting 16.1%, Building 10.4%
- #28 Fallen Region
79% matchMixed41% of 194 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 23.5%, Base Building 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival Horror 9.5%
- #29 LifeZ - Survival
79% 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: Zombies 32.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%
- #30 Mist Survival
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,126 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Zombies 34.4%, Base Building 20.9%, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #31 Z Dawn
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 285 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Zombies 22.4%, Crafting 22.1%, Building 14.6%, Survival 13.6%
- #32 Herd is Coming
78% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Zombies 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Survival 8.1%
- #33 After Long Night
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 442 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Zombies 26.3%, Base Building 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Building 10.1%, Survival 8%
- #34 State of Decay
76% 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 43.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival Horror 5%
- #35 KeepUp Survival
75% 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: Base Building 33%, Crafting 24.8%, Survival 14.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #36 ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
73% matchVery Positive87% of 210 reviews2025
Dev: Cherrypick GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Supernatural 16.9%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Crafting 13.4%, Combat 7.8%
- #37 Crafting Dead
77% matchMixed57% of 158 reviews2017
Dev: Ferullo Gaming
Windows
Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!
Why similar: Zombies 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Crafting 11.7%
- #38 Infection Free Zone
71% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Base Building 28.2%, Zombies 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Management 10.5%, Survival 6.6%
- #39 The Last FARMER
73% matchMixed57% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
"The Last Farmer" is not just a tale of survival; it's a journey of restoration. Amidst the sprawling deserts of a forgotten Texas, your farm becomes a symbol of hope and persistence.
Why similar: Zombies 19.2%, Base Building 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Action RPG 9.5%, Crafting 7.2%
- #40 The Infected
72% matchVery Positive84% of 6,935 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: Base Building 20.4%, Zombies 15.5%, Crafting 14.3%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Building 9.5%
- #41 Flesh Eaters
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: Zombies 49.9%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Tactical RPG 9.4%, Indie 9.4%
- #42 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
70% matchVery Positive90% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!
Why similar: Zombies 27.2%, Base Building 21%, Crafting 16.9%, Management 13.7%, Building 12.3%
- #43 Invasion 2037
74% matchMixed60% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Zombies 30.9%, Crafting 17%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Survival 13.4%, Adventure 7.8%
- #44 Welcome to ParadiZe
71% matchMixed67% of 1,274 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Zombies 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Base Building 17%, Crafting 13.2%, Action RPG 11.2%
- #45 Zompiercer
70% matchVery Positive89% of 4,324 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 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 25%, Base Building 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Action RPG 12.2%, Survival 7.4%
- #46 Survival: Lost Way
73% 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: Crafting 19.3%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 10.5%
- #47 Dead District: Survival
72% matchMixed48% of 473 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Base Building 20.4%, Zombies 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Crafting 17.3%, Survival 10.4%
- #48 The Last Haven
71% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 31.9%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Zombies 9.2%, Crafting 8.4%, Survival 8.2%
- #49 FALL
69% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: 谭浩翔
Windows
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 34.8%, Post-apocalyptic 28.3%, Survival 10.4%, Top-Down 9.1%, Horror 5.1%
- #50 Survival Machine
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 687 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: Zombies 22.7%, Base Building 20.9%, Crafting 16.1%, Combat 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #51 Dead Age
69% matchVery Positive82% of 5,591 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Zombies 47.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10.2%, Adventure 6.1%
- #52 Apocalypse Island
69% 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 31.1%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #53 Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue
66% matchVery Positive88% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue!
Why similar: Zombies 61.5%, Building 10.9%, Base Building 7.9%, Management 6.9%, 3D 6.8%
- #54 Edge of Sanity
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.8%, Supernatural 23%, Crafting 19.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #55 Blood Night
65% matchVery Positive96% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Team
Windows
(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.
Why similar: Zombies 27.8%, Crafting 16.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
- #56 Zafehouse Diaries 2
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 134 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 21.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Crafting 11.5%
- #57 Pacific Drive
64% matchVery Positive83% of 25,653 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17%, Base Building 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 9.1%
- #58 Survival Nation: Lost Horizon
67% matchMixed58% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.Pub: indie.io
Windows · Linux
Survival Nation: Lost Horizon is an open-world, top-down zombie survival game. Keep yourself and other survivors alive in a world gone to the zombies, upgrade your gear and skills, and keep civilization going in a world where humans are the top pick on the menu.
Why similar: Zombies 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Crafting 14.3%, Action RPG 13.1%, Survival 8.8%
- #59 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,819 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Zombies 20%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Crafting 12.8%, Action RPG 11.7%
- #60 BiteVille
68% matchMixed54% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Veelhoek Studios
Windows
The world has fallen victim to a deadly virus, zombies now roam the lands. While running for your life you stumble upon a small city. Claim this city as your own, protect it with your life and maybe other survivors will find you.
Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Base Building 23.2%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Building 11.4%