Games Like Nether: The Untold Chapter

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. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 56.5%, Survival 27.4%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential hardcore survival experience that mirrors the high-stakes urban scavenging and player interaction found in Nether.

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: Survival 80.7%, Action 19.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep urban exploration, base building, and survival against hordes of creatures in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Massively Multiplayer 51.4%, Survival 42.7%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and dangerous encounters in a ruined world.

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 49.8%, Survival 15.3%, Gore 14.9%, Violent 14.2%, Action 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features incredibly detailed survival mechanics and a hostile environment that forces players to manage their health and resources carefully.

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: Massively Multiplayer 51.5%, Survival 33.5%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that focuses on intense PvP combat and scavenging in a large, unforgiving open world.

Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world

Why similar: Survival 49.8%, Action 25.2%, Adventure 25%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival-horror game that emphasizes exploration and story-rich elements in a post-apocalyptic setting.

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Gore 45.8%, Survival 37.2%, Action 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: Masterfully blends urban parkour with intense creature combat and survival elements in a decaying city.

You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 61.2%, Survival 21.2%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An accessible multiplayer survival game that captures the core loop of scavenging and defending against zombies.

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: Survival 78.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Action 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal multiplayer survival game where the environment and other players are constant threats to your progress.

Immerse yourself in the post-apocalyptic co-op world of Lifeless, where base building and crafting are key. Collect weapons, gear, and food as you embark on thrilling missions to level up in a vast open world. But stay alert—relentless zombies lurk around every corner!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 28.2%, Gore 20.7%, Survival 19.7%, Violent 18.6%, Action 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game set in a world overrun by infected, focusing on scavenging and group cooperation.

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: Massively Multiplayer 53.4%, Survival 12.8%, Gore 12.1%, Violent 11.1%, Action 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A massively-multiplayer survival game where players must survive against zombies and other players in an open world.

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: Survival 92.4%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep and punishing simulation of urban survival in a post-apocalyptic world.

Go through deadly rooms of multi-storey building. Team up with other players and make your way through traps with a friendly team (CO-OP)! Or take a weapon and kill them all in the PvP game mode!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 40.6%, Gore 18.4%, Survival 15.7%, Violent 13.2%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on navigating dangerous, trap-filled environments with a heavy emphasis on gore and action.

Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.

Why similar: Violent 37.1%, Gore 29.1%, Adventure 17.1%, Action 16.6%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world horror game that captures the feeling of exploring a dark, ruined city filled with threats.

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: Survival 61.6%, Gore 16%, Adventure 13.3%, Action 9%

Why You'll Like It: Pits players against terrifying creatures in a survival scenario that demands constant vigilance and resource management.

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Survival 24.2%, Action 20.7%, Adventure 20.4%, Gore 17.6%, Violent 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world action-adventure game that explores a post-apocalyptic landscape with survival and first-person combat.

Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.

Why similar: Action 51.8%, Adventure 48.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror game that emphasizes exploration and combat in a dark, atmospheric setting.

An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Survival 53.4%, Action 24.1%, Adventure 22.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core pillars of survival, including crafting and resource management in a multiplayer environment.

The disaster has turned people into zombies. The survivors are hiding in the shelters.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward multiplayer action game centered on surviving waves of zombies in a ruined environment.

New York, 2034: you wake up after what seemed to be a terrible nightmare, while it is not. The district has been evacuated and isolated overnight by the army, after an electrical meteor shower hit the Earth. Fight, explore, survive, and try to escape from this hell!

Why similar: Survival 48.4%, Adventure 27.4%, Action 24.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that focuses on exploration and survival in a desolate, post-apocalyptic world.

DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Survival 39%, Gore 19.7%, Violent 18.5%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play multiplayer survival game that pits players against zombies in a large, open-world setting.

You find yourself locked up alone in an abandoned place, but something is nearby, something dark and dangerous. Try to look for ways to get out of there before you can no longer...

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that focuses on stealth and evasion while exploring dark, atmospheric environments.

Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...

Why similar: Violent 30%, Survival 26.6%, Action 23.3%, Adventure 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that challenges players to navigate and survive in a dangerous, ruined environment.

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: Survival 28.4%, Violent 27.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Gore 14.7%, Action 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure game that features survival mechanics and exploration in a post-apocalyptic world.

Once a prosperous city Istanbul is fallen. Prepare your gear, defeat zombie hordes and reclaim your hometown. Uncover hidden story behind the disaster and learn what controls the zombies. Select your side between military and rebels and fight for the control of the city.

Why similar: Survival 61.6%, Action 20.8%, Adventure 17.6%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that emphasizes the tension of scavenging for supplies while avoiding other players.

This horror game inspired by Chinese folklore offers an enthralling journey through the depths of the Underworld. As you delve deeper, you'll unravel hidden secrets veiled in the darkness.

Why similar: Survival 56.2%, Action 22.6%, Adventure 21.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused action game that tasks players with navigating a hostile, post-apocalyptic landscape.

Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.

Why similar: Violent 56.1%, Action 43.9%

Explore a city thrust into disarray by an unknown event and survive the hordes of mutated abominations that lurk at every corner. You’ll have to fight through enemies & bosses, scavenge loot and survive the hostile city.

Why similar: Survival 68.6%, Action 31.4%

MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Why similar: Survival 75.2%, Adventure 24.8%

Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 68%, Survival 24.8%, Action 7.2%

In the past of this world, civilization has reached a high level of social and technical development, but then the world experienced a global catastrophe, the fall of an asteroid and the subsequent extraterrestrial pandemic as a result of which civilization and most of the wealth it created were destroyed.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 49.7%, Violent 12.7%, Gore 12.4%, Survival 10.3%, Action 7.6%

"Last Remains" is a highly challenging multiplayer zombie survival game. Players must survive in a city overrun by the undead, scavenging for food, arming themselves, avoiding zombies, searching for loot, plundering other survivors, and finding any possible way to escape.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63.5%, Action 27.9%, Adventure 8.6%

The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.

Why similar: Survival 54.1%, Adventure 24.5%, Action 21.5%

The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors! You will have to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world populated by the living dead.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63.7%, Survival 18.5%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 8.9%

Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 67.6%, Survival 22.6%, Adventure 9.8%

Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 45.2%, Survival 36.5%, Gore 7.1%, Violent 6.6%, Action 4.5%

A post-apocalyptic extraction action game built around brutal, close-quarters combat. Step through the Cube Gate and discover ever-shifting worlds filled with strange landscapes and terrifying enemies. Escape the Cube by fighting your way through twisted mutants and Raiders you once called allies.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 90.3%, Action 9.7%

Explore the world , collect resources , craft items , build a fortified house and kill other players to survive. BUT don't forget about cyborgs...

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63%, Survival 17.2%, Action 12.1%, Adventure 7.6%

The region is affected by an unknown virus that has destroyed almost all living things.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 77.5%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 11%

A dystopian simulator where your choices shape a decaying city. Join other players to protect the metropolis from ruin, hasten its downfall, or simply work in the factories. With no set goals or rules, every action has consequences in a world teetering on the brink.

Why similar: Survival 100%

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: Survival 49.7%, Massively Multiplayer 31.1%, Action 14.3%, Adventure 4.9%

Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Bleak Haven is a cinematic survival horror where faith is twisted, every shot matters, and survival hangs on what you can build. Explore haunted ruins, abandoned villages, and face a cult preparing the world for a god no one should ever witness.

Why similar: Gore 39.8%, Violent 34.4%, Action 25.8%

FPS Shooter set in post-apocalyptic Johannesburg South Africa

Why similar: Gore 38.5%, Violent 34.7%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 12.9%

The Black Masses is an open world first-person fantasy co-op RPG. You find yourself stranded on an island corrupted by a strange black substance. Its unsuspecting inhabitants, once a strong flourishing society, have been possessed into mindless creatures, bent on the destruction of life.

Why similar: Action 27.4%, Gore 26.3%, Adventure 25.8%, Violent 20.5%

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 80.4%, Action 19.6%

Chaos and devastation devoured the last sparkles of life. Surviving is the main task.

Why similar: Action 34.7%, Adventure 33%, Survival 32.3%

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: Survival 78%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 10.9%

Embark on a risky but exciting journey through the world of Undeads. Search for weapons, armor, supplies and medicine. Survive or hunt survivors. Enjoy unique matches, sell your loot, and fight bloody and challenging battles against the background of the zombie apocalypse!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 56.4%, Survival 25.7%, Action 17.9%

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 55.6%, Gore 19.1%, Violent 14.8%, Adventure 10.5%

You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...

Why similar: Gore 41.7%, Survival 38.4%, Adventure 11%, Action 8.8%

Experience psychological horror in a large abandoned hospital. Hide, explore and survive from a mysterious creature living in the ruins of this hospital.

Why similar: Gore 57.5%, Adventure 42.5%

Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 45.5%, Gore 17.9%, Survival 16.8%, Violent 16%, Action 3.8%