- #1 Dead State: Reanimated
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,561 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Zombies 45.4%, Survival 40.1%, RPG 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 1.2%
- #2 Zombie Watch
96% matchMixed42% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Wildlak
Windows
Top-down open world single player / survival / RPG game with zombies and wildlife.
Why similar: Survival 44.5%, Zombies 29.9%, RPG 14.6%, Indie 5.5%, Adventure 3.4%
- #3 Lost Home : Battle Of Island
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: TripleGlory
Windows
LOST HOME: Battle of Island is an Open World Survival game set in Remote Island. Your task is to survive and make the Island safe to live for others.
Why similar: Survival 40.4%, Zombies 37.5%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 5.2%, Action 4.5%
- #4 Veritex
95% matchMostly Negative38% of 159 reviews2018
Dev: Veritex Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Veritex is a multiplayer survival game. The goal is to survive versus the wilderness around you, build bases, and fend off other players that can murder you and take your loot.
Why similar: Survival 63.9%, RPG 19.4%, Indie 8.4%, Action 4.2%, Adventure 4%
- #5 SurvivalZ
94% matchMixed60% of 318 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors! Alone or in groups you will have to survive in a hostile world populated by living dead!
Why similar: Survival 53.4%, Zombies 28.5%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 4%, Action 3.7%
- #6 The Escapists: The Walking Dead
94% matchMixed64% of 904 reviews2015
Dev: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.
Why similar: Zombies 49.3%, Survival 39.4%, Indie 3.8%, RPG 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #7 State of Decay
93% 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 45.4%, Survival 43.6%, RPG 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Action 1.5%
- #8 Shadows of Kurgansk
92% matchMixed67% of 224 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 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: Survival 44.4%, Zombies 31.5%, RPG 12%, Indie 4.6%, Adventure 2.6%
- #9 Deadly 30
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,876 reviews2014
Dev: Ignatus Zuk and Gonzalo Villagomez
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Can you survive the horror? … a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a zombie-infested world by recruiting companions, upgrading weaponry and fortifying your position.
Why similar: Zombies 49.4%, Survival 34.6%, Indie 7.6%, Action 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #10 The Withering
91% matchMixed49% of 372 reviews2019
Dev: CM Softworks
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Have you ever thought or imagined how our world would look like after an apocalyptic event? What would we do if some of us were to survive? What world would we live in and what challenges would we face? What would you do?
Why similar: Zombies 41.1%, Survival 34.4%, RPG 13%, Indie 4.2%, Adventure 2.7%
- #11 The Purification
90% match3 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: JK Productions
Windows
As the last surviver you find yourself in a zombie infected wolrd. Survive by finding weapons and objects to escape the horror.
Why similar: Survival 48.2%, Zombies 24.8%, Indie 10%, Combat 7.6%, Action 5.1%
- #12 末日危城-希望
87% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: 冬禾游戏
Windows
《末日危城-希望》是一款末日生存角色扮演游戏。你要在开放的丧尸末日世界里搜寻物资,制造装备,完成各种任务,坚强活着并且寻找恢复文明的希望。
Why similar: Survival 36.7%, Zombies 36.5%, RPG 15.6%, Action 3.3%, Combat 3.1%
- #13 One Last Day
89% matchMixed62% of 103 reviews2015
Dev: Bloodwolf Studio
Windows · Mac
[Alpha] Explore, hunt, be hunted, kill, destroy, build... Fight in a colorful, devastated world that everyone is trying to take for themselves. Do it yours, but remember your main goal at the start of the day; try to survive one last day.
Why similar: Survival 43.1%, Zombies 37.8%, Indie 8.9%, Adventure 5.3%, Action 4.9%
- #14 Squareface
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: VAN CUBO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A 3rd person action-RPG that puts you in full control of a miniature paper figurine set to solve the mystery of its existence. The game features complex character customization and weapons arsenal, base building, driving, accessory and ally management.
Why similar: Zombies 32%, Survival 29.9%, RPG 24.1%, Indie 8.8%, Action 5.3%
- #15 Backrooms in the Forest
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Awecom
Windows
Backrooms in the Forest - a horror game where you must escape from a mysterious forest and find your way out of the anomalies!
Why similar: Survival 42.4%, Zombies 36.4%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Combat 4.9%, Adventure 4.7%
- #16 Runner
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GLXY Networks
Windows
In Runner, the power is in your hands. Explore abandoned houses for resources or build your own shelter in the wild. Enjoy a non-restrictive experience, where you can play at your own pace and make choices without fear of failure. Unleash your potential and conquer challenges in Runner!
Why similar: Survival 47.5%, Zombies 38.6%, Combat 4.4%, Adventure 3.8%, Action 3.5%
- #17 Unturned - Dedicated Server
85% matchVery Positive84% of 1,711 reviews2019
Windows
Why similar: Survival 55.9%, Zombies 42.7%, Action 1.5%
- #18 Exile Era
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Everything2Games
Windows
In the wasteland ruled by AI, a weekly exile game unfolds.Will you choose to survive alone, lingering in the shadow of zombies and mutated creatures? Or rally your companions and build a haven of hope for old humanity on this desolate island with your own hands?
Why similar: Zombies 38.2%, Survival 38.1%, RPG 20%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #19 Mighty Castles
84% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
Mighty Castles is a Tower Defense game with RPG elements. Defend your castle from the evil undead. Use strategy and arrange your buildings around the game world, which will become the main support in your defense. Upgrade every tower skill and use tactics in battle!
Why similar: Zombies 38.8%, Survival 38.4%, RPG 22.8%
- #20 Grimtale Island
82% matchMixed67% of 48 reviews2020
Dev: Michael Schade
Windows
Grimtale Island is a open world survival game set in a beautiful low poly art style. Explore and master survival on a island that has been taken over by a strange infection causing the dead to return to the world of the living. Craft gather and build to stay alive in this world.
Why similar: Survival 49.5%, Zombies 45.9%, Adventure 4.6%
- #21 Isla de la Muerte
81% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Ashwake Interactive
Windows
Isla de la Muerte is an intense survival game filled with mystery and danger. Stranded on a remote island, you uncover the aftermath of a secret government experiment gone horribly wrong. Officially erased from records, the island is now overrun by hordes of relentless zombies.
Why similar: Survival 43.7%, Zombies 37.5%, RPG 10.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Action 2.4%
- #22 Dead Horde
83% matchMostly Negative34% of 658 reviews2011
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
As a survivor of the mutant virus, make your way through the city and wipe out the hordes of flesh eating mutants. Teamwork is the key to survive the DEAD HORDE...
Why similar: Zombies 65.8%, Survival 23.1%, Indie 6.7%, Action 4.4%
- #23 The Legend of Cesar
82% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Felipe Oliveira Cardozo
Windows
A super fun game made by just one person, your goal is to kill as many zombies as you can and try to survive in the forest that surrounds you.
Why similar: Zombies 37.3%, Survival 36.8%, Indie 11.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #24 Zafehouse: Diaries
81% matchMixed68% of 443 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, Survival 38.1%, RPG 12.8%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #25 Infectonator: Survivors
80% matchMixed67% of 1,161 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 44.4%, Survival 38.5%, RPG 8.4%, Indie 4.3%, Action 1.6%
- #26 Jaws Of Extinction™
79% matchMixed54% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Blood Eater GamesPub: Forthright Entertainment
Windows
Currently in redevelopment [06/2026]: The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.
Why similar: Survival 41.8%, Zombies 34.5%, RPG 13.8%, Indie 4.3%, Adventure 2.8%
- #27 Survivor Squad
79% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.
Why similar: Zombies 48.4%, Survival 39.3%, Indie 6.2%, Action 3.1%, Singleplayer 3%
- #28 State of Decay: YOSE
78% matchVery Positive82% of 13,133 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.1 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: Survival 46%, Zombies 44.3%, RPG 5%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Action 1.2%
- #29 RE-VIVED
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Matodan
Windows
RE-VIVED is a zombie survival fps game in a pixelated style featuring a variety of weapons, enemies and bosses for you to fight. Equip gear, upgrade your weapons and fight a wave of zombies as long as possible. Each map has its own unique set of enemies for you to kill and obtain loot from.
Why similar: Survival 42.6%, Zombies 41.6%, Singleplayer 7.7%, Indie 5.7%, Action 2.4%
- #30 Infestation: The New Beginning
78% matchMixed42% of 25,431 reviews
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 57.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Zombies 51%, Survival 41%, RPG 4.7%, Action 1.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #31 Run!ZombieFood!
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,333 reviews2017
Dev: VirusSea
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
After the outbreak of the zombie virus, a group of survivors hit the zombie to survive! You can get a variety of special professional roles, weapons, supplies props, etc. - and perhaps a little white dog!
Why similar: Zombies 45.5%, Survival 38.9%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 4.4%, Casual 4.3%
- #32 ZombiGON
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: WIK Games Studio
Windows
Build a community of survivors from a zombie apocalypse. Manage survivors' skills and morale to cooperate in surviving disasters. Find food, weapons, medicine, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Survival 39.2%, Zombies 34.8%, RPG 8.7%, Combat 7.2%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #33 FERAN
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andy Games
Windows · Linux
FERAN is a single-player survival FPS set in a ruined post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge dangerous zones, survive brutal firefights, manage scarce resources and uncover what happened to your unit.
Why similar: Survival 59.1%, Zombies 31.4%, RPG 4.5%, Action 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #34 Survival Journals
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elven WorkshopPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Survive with your choices and fortify your safehouse in this text based adventure. The Horde's on it's way, will you be ready when it arrives?
Why similar: Survival 39.2%, Zombies 27%, RPG 17.6%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 3.5%
- #35 The Last One
75% matchMostly Negative35% of 132 reviews2018
Dev: Phoenix Interactive Studio
Windows
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 49.9%, Zombies 38.8%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Indie 3.4%, Action 2.3%
- #36 Infestation: The New Z
74% matchMixed54% of 33,897 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Why similar: Zombies 49.7%, Survival 44.2%, RPG 3.4%, Action 1.2%, Indie 0.9%
- #37 末路希冀
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: 攸心工作室Pub: VVAI 社
Windows
《末路希冀》是一款设定在末世后的生存冒险游戏。你将为了在凶险的末世生存而竭尽全力,并为了生存下来的希冀而踏上冒险的旅途。整理好你的装备,选择你在末世生存的道具,末世的旅途在就脚下
Why similar: Zombies 47.1%, Survival 43.1%, Adventure 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 2.6%
- #38 Survive 10 Minutes Please
73% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Avi MalviyaPub: AM Playhouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive 10 minutes please is an action roguelike 2D zombie game where you have to survive a zombie horde by any means. Kill them, Upgrade yourself, Choose your abilities and try your best to survive in a challenging game.
Why similar: Survival 44.7%, Zombies 38.9%, Combat 9.1%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #39 How to Survive
72% matchVery Positive83% of 17,098 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Why similar: Survival 48.1%, Zombies 41.2%, RPG 5.9%, Action 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #40 10 Years After
74% matchVery Negative11% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Rock Paper Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
“10 Years After” Is a survival based horror (Open World) Single Player Adventure ..........After the government rolled out a injection to the general public to stem the violence and quell the human emotion's things were going well ….....
Why similar: Survival 69%, Indie 10.4%, Singleplayer 8%, Adventure 6.5%, Action 6.1%
- #41 Dead Age
72% matchVery Positive82% of 5,605 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 40.6%, Survival 32.5%, RPG 15.3%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #42 Lifeless
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 555 reviews2016
Dev: Desync Donkeys
Windows
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: Zombies 47.9%, Survival 43%, Indie 5.2%, Action 3.8%
- #43 They Come In Waves
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Light Hearted Tech
Windows · Mac
They Come In Waves is an action packed FPS zombie survival game. Complete exciting quests to build your inventory and craft powerful weapons to defeat hordes of undead. Can you defeat all the bosses and save the world?
Why similar: Zombies 44.7%, Survival 42.4%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Combat 3.7%, Action 3.6%
- #44 ZOMBI
71% matchMixed64% of 3,126 reviews2015
Dev: Straight RightPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.
Why similar: Zombies 55.7%, Survival 38.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%, Action 1.9%, Adventure 1.4%
- #45 SurrounDead
68% matchVery Positive91% of 26,383 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 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: Survival 44.1%, Zombies 42.2%, RPG 6.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Indie 1.5%
- #46 Survival Night
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Fliper Games
Windows
Survival game where you explore and build. Survive nature's events like acid rain, meteor crashes, zombie eclipses and more. Unlock new maps and characters with special abilities.
Why similar: Survival 76.6%, Singleplayer 6.7%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 6%, Indie 4.2%
- #47 Flesh Eaters
70% 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 43.5%, Survival 19%, RPG 16.4%, Indie 14.2%, Action 3.6%
- #48 Mind Dead
71% matchMostly Negative28% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: GBROSSOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Play as Max Cooper, an SSF agent whose journey to a deserted oil producing community with a group of scientists has led to an outbreak of infection back at their research facility. Fight hard for survival as you battle the hordes of fierce infectees in this action survival game.
Why similar: Survival 42.8%, Zombies 39.7%, Indie 11%, Action 6.4%
- #49 I Shall Remain
70% matchMixed66% of 163 reviews2015
Dev: Scorpius Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An Action RPG at its core, I Shall Remain combines role-playing elements with survival and strategic aspects, and creates a blend never before seen. Through complex, real-time character progression and RPG system, over a hundred abilities to learn and upgrade, dozens of weapons and enhancers, thousands of Infected, over twenty mutations,...
Why similar: Survival 36.4%, Zombies 32.5%, RPG 18.4%, Indie 7%, Action 3.3%
- #50 Don't Bite Me Bro! +
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 358 reviews2018
Dev: MUIFWEGO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Don't Bite Me Bro! is a 1-4 Player Couch Co-op open-world zombie apocalypse game. Explore the world for resources, find and save survivors throughout the world, each which become playable characters with unique traits and abilities.
Why similar: Zombies 39.8%, Survival 35.1%, RPG 14%, Indie 5.1%, Action 3.1%
- #51 Escape Dead Island
69% matchMixed61% of 1,731 reviews2014
Dev: FatsharkPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.
Why similar: Zombies 56.1%, Survival 35.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Adventure 2.7%, Action 2.1%
- #52 Boons Farm
69% matchMostly Negative33% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: WoahStudiosus
Windows
A casual shoot'm dead endless waved zombie game, upgrade weapons and compete to get the highest score.
Why similar: Zombies 41.2%, Survival 41%, Indie 8.5%, Action 4.8%, Casual 4.6%
- #53 Kill Me If You Can: Multiplayer Edition
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: John Company
Windows
Kill Me If You Can: Multiplayer Edition is an RPG and construction-based zombie survival defense game. Explore by day to gather resources and grow, then build defenses at night to hold back zombie hordes. Each character has unique skills, and you can control multiple characters during gameplay.
Why similar: Survival 44.7%, Zombies 36.4%, RPG 12.2%, Action 2.3%, Adventure 2.3%
- #54 How to Survive 2
68% matchMixed69% of 11,014 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Why similar: Survival 49.2%, Zombies 40.8%, RPG 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%, Action 1.2%
- #55 Survivor Alliance
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: LV WEI
Windows
Go hunt zombies! Survivor Alliance is a survivor like game that combines zombie and pigeon elements, strengthening oneself through repeated choices and constantly improving in a world full of crises. Use strategies and operations to fight until the last moment.
Why similar: Zombies 43.7%, Survival 25.4%, RPG 18.2%, Combat 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #56 CAPSULE
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 186 reviews2014
Dev: Adam SaltsmanPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Capsule is a single-player survival game played entirely through a radar interface. Players navigate a hostile landscape, learn about their surroundings, and unravel a classic sci-fi story in the process. Best played in a dark room with headphones. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PLAYERS WITH MISOPHONIA.
Why similar: Survival 84.3%, Indie 15.7%
- #57 TexanLand
65% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Brigorma Studios
Windows
Pick a side. Or burn it down anyway. TexanLand is an open world zombie survival game with four factions, dismemberment-heavy combat, and total freedom to play the villain, the hero, or whatever's funniest.
Why similar: Zombies 41%, Survival 39.8%, Combat 6.2%, RPG 4.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #58 Sheltered from the Storm
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Echo Loop Games
Windows
A calm, atmospheric experience where you rest in shelters—cars, camps, houses, and an underground banker—while rain falls and danger lingers outside. No combat, no survival meters—just immersive weather, ambient soundscapes, and quiet reflection.
Why similar: Survival 38.6%, Zombies 37.9%, RPG 10.7%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Indie 4%
- #59 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
67% matchMixed50% of 164 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: Survival 40%, Zombies 35.6%, RPG 15.7%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%