- #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 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11.5%
- #2 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
96% matchMixed61% of 343 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 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Crafting 12.9%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #3 Junk Survivor
96% 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 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Crafting 9.8%
- #4 Decision: Red Daze
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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 24.3%, Base Building 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Action RPG 11.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #5 No One Survived
94% 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 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 11.8%
- #6 Gone: Survival
94% 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 20%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Building 9.4%
- #7 DREADZONE
93% 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 19.2%, Zombies 18%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 8.2%
- #8 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 24.5%, Base Building 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Top-Down 7.5%, Survival 7.2%
- #9 Invention 3
91% 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 34.9%, Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Survival 7.8%, Action-Adventure 6.1%
- #10 Outbreak Island
90% 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: Base Building 18.4%, Zombies 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 10.5%
- #11 Dead Engine
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 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%, Base Building 27%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Top-Down 7.9%, Survival 7.8%
- #12 Highrisers
91% matchMostly Negative38% of 121 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: Crafting 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Zombies 20.6%, Building 13.2%, Survival 11.6%
- #13 SurrounDead
88% 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 39.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Base Building 15%, Survival 12.8%, Exploration 5.6%
- #14 HumanitZ
87% 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: Zombies 23.4%, Base Building 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival Horror 12.2%
- #15 Shadows of Kurgansk
89% 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 37.8%, Crafting 19.8%, Survival 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Adventure 7.8%
- #16 Mist Survival
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 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 34.8%, Base Building 21.3%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 13%, Survival Horror 9.9%
- #17 Embers of the Night
85% 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 44.5%, Base Building 30%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 6.7%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
- #18 Dread Dawn
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,198 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 38.6%, Base Building 22.7%, Survival 11.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Building 7.3%
- #19 LifeZ - Survival
86% 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 31.9%, Base Building 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 11.7%
- #20 The Infected
83% 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: Base Building 21.1%, Zombies 15.9%, Crafting 14.8%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Building 9.9%
- #21 Z Dawn
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 282 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.3%, Crafting 22.2%, Building 14.6%, Survival 13.6%
- #22 Chernobylite Complete Edition
82% matchVery Positive82% of 15,165 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 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 20.3%, Base Building 16.7%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Supernatural 12.4%, Crafting 10.9%
- #23 Night Raider
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,917 reviews2024
Dev: TSUKUYOMIC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #24 KeepUp Survival
81% 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: Base Building 33%, Crafting 24.8%, Survival 14.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #25 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
78% matchVery Positive94% of 4,386 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 36.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Crafting 16.6%, Survival 13.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #26 The Dead Await
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 18.7%, Base Building 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Crafting 13%
- #27 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 28.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 10.2%
- #28 Night of the Dead
77% 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: Zombies 26.3%, Base Building 21.4%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Crafting 16.1%, Building 10.4%
- #29 NecroCity
79% matchMixed52% of 75 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 27.4%, Zombies 17.5%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Building 13.7%, Management 9.9%
- #30 Infection Free Zone
75% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 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 28.3%, Zombies 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Management 10.6%, Survival 6.6%
- #31 After Long Night
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 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 27%, Base Building 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Building 10.4%, Survival 8.2%
- #32 Herd is Coming
79% 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 25%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Crafting 15.1%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Survival 8.3%
- #33 iZolated
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 116 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 23.2%, Base Building 21.3%, Zombies 21.3%, Crafting 13%, Exploration 9.5%
- #34 Crafting Dead
78% 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%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Crafting 11.8%
- #35 State of Decay
75% 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 44.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 13.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival Horror 5.1%
- #36 Fallen Region
77% 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 23.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival Horror 9.5%
- #37 ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
72% matchVery Positive87% of 195 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 18.6%, Supernatural 17.7%, Survival Horror 16%, Crafting 14%, Combat 8.2%
- #38 The Last Haven
74% matchMixed61% of 1,526 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 25.9%, Crafting 8.8%, Survival 8.3%, Zombies 8.3%
- #39 Welcome to ParadiZe
73% matchMixed67% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Crafting 13.3%, Action RPG 11.2%
- #40 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 49.7%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 9.6%, Tactical RPG 9.5%
- #41 Dead Age
73% matchVery Positive82% of 5,580 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 47.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10.3%, Adventure 6.1%
- #42 Survival Nation: Lost Horizon
72% matchMixed58% of 125 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 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Action RPG 13%, Survival 8.8%
- #43 Invasion 2037
73% 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 31.8%, Crafting 17.7%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Survival 13.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #44 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,757 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.6 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 20.1%, Zombies 19.9%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Action RPG 11.7%
- #45 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
68% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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%, Base Building 21.1%, Crafting 16.9%, Management 13.9%, Building 12.3%
- #46 The Last FARMER
70% matchMixed57% of 284 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 19.1%, Base Building 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Action RPG 9.5%, Crafting 7.2%
- #47 Zompiercer
69% 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 25.6%, Base Building 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Action RPG 12.9%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #48 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 36.5%, Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, Survival 11%, Top-Down 9.7%, Adventure 4.9%
- #49 Dead District: Survival
71% matchMixed49% of 465 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 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 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Crafting 17.4%, Survival 10.4%
- #50 Nearly Dead
71% matchMixed46% of 298 reviews2021
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 57.2%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Survival 14.3%, Indie 10%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #51 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 30.9%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #52 Survival: Lost Way
70% matchMostly Negative37% of 287 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 20.1%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 10.9%
- #53 Edge of Sanity
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 239 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 24.7%, Supernatural 19.9%, Narration 19.6%, Crafting 16.9%, Exploration 9.8%
- #54 Zafehouse Diaries 2
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 133 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 21.8%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Crafting 12%
- #55 Blood Night
64% matchVery Positive96% of 107 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 27.7%, Crafting 16.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
- #56 The Last Stand: Aftermath
66% matchVery Positive81% of 6,552 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Zombies 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24%, Survival 11%, Crafting 10%, Action RPG 7.4%
- #57 Obenseuer
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,522 reviews2018
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.
Why similar: Management 24.4%, Narration 22.6%, Survival 19.1%, Building 17%, Adventure 7.4%
- #58 IfSunSets
65% 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: Zombies 19.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival Horror 15%, Crafting 13.2%, Action RPG 10.9%
- #59 Town Of The Dead Life 死寂之城
68% matchMixed68% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Binary Brew Studios
Windows
《Town Of The Dead Life》 is an independent game with the background of eschatology. Players will play the role of one of the few surviving humans in the end of the world, surviving in difficult conditions and trying to change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Zombies 33.9%, Post-apocalyptic 29.5%, Survival 12.2%, Adventure 6.6%, Exploration 6.6%
- #60 Bunker 21 Extended Edition
66% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac
"Bunker 21" is a story-driven first-person action game in a post-apocalyptic world. You are the last survivor. Explore the secrets of Bunker 21. Fight against monsters. Find answers in a devastated world.
Why similar: Zombies 35%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Survival 13.1%, Adventure 11%, 3D 7.8%