- #1 ZERO Sievert
97% matchVery Positive85% of 14,699 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Now with over 500,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 29.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Top-Down 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore top-down extraction shooter that perfectly mirrors the scavenging, gun customization, and survival loop of the seed game.
- #2 The Last Stand: Aftermath
96% 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 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Perma Death 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Shooter 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar roguelite structure where you must venture into dangerous zombie-infested zones to scavenge for supplies.
- #3 Hell is Others
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,157 reviews2022
Dev: Strelka GamesPub: A List Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hell is Others is an extraction top-down shooter combining roguelike elements. Outside the safety of your apartment lies the noir hellscape that is Century City. A city of endless night that straddles the line between reality and insanity. Explore, hunt, and loot in a place where blood is currency.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Extraction Shooter 20.2% ★, Shooter 13%, Top-Down 11.5%, Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique top-down extraction shooter that focuses on the tension of surviving in a dark, atmospheric urban environment.
- #4 When the Light Dies
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Electric MonkeysPub: PQube
Windows
Step into a world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. Seek out precious supplies, reinforce your arsenal, and uncover forbidden knowledge to unleash the terrifying powers of the ‘Old Ones’.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.7%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Horror 9.8%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, top-down survival game that emphasizes exploration and combat against overwhelming odds in a hostile world.
- #5 ZED ZONE
94% matchVery Positive80% of 3,539 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Zombies 42.1%, Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Top-Down 12.9%, 2D 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world zombie survival game that focuses on realistic mechanics, scavenging, and tactical combat.
- #6 Project Zomboid
93% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Zombies 63.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Adventure 2.8%, 2D 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive isometric zombie survival game that offers unparalleled depth in scavenging, inventory management, and perma-death stakes.
- #7 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
94% matchVery Positive82% of 1,900 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.4%, Zombies 29.1%, Top-Down 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Horror 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced top-down shooter that captures the arcade-like intensity of fighting through hordes of zombies.
- #8 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
92% 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 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Survival Horror 10.3%, Shooter 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on exploration and survival-horror elements within a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #9 DYSMANTLE
91% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 54.2%, Top-Down 15.8%, Exploration 14.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the exploration and scavenging loop, allowing players to break down the environment to craft better gear for survival.
- #10 Dread Dawn
91% 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 63.6%, Exploration 15.4%, Adventure 8%, Horror 7.1%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an open-world sandbox experience where players must survive and explore a city during a zombie outbreak.
- #11 Decision: Red Daze
90% 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 53.7%, Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Top-Down 14.3%, Combat 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down shooting with base management and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by mutants.
- #12 Atomic Exile
89% matchVery Positive82% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Inferno Muse Interactive
Windows
Atomic Exile is a top down post-apocalyptic extraction shooter set in the desert wastelands of near future America. You will visit enclaves, explore devastated ruins and encounter NPCs such as other survivors, raiders, mutated beasts and rogue machines.
Why similar: Gun Customization 31.7% ★, Extraction Shooter 18.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Shooter 8.4%, Top-Down 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused extraction shooter that emphasizes looting and managing resources in a dangerous world.
- #13 Last Group Out
89% matchVery Positive82% of 503 reviews2022
Dev: Woodland Development
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Team up, gear up, and make it out alive in this 2D co-op extraction shooter.
Why similar: Gun Customization 35% ★, Inventory Management 22.6%, Extraction Shooter 15.4% ★, Shooter 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the action-shooter elements and gun customization within a post-apocalyptic environment.
- #14 iZolated
88% 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: Gun Customization 32.3% ★, Inventory Management 15.3%, Zombies 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Exploration 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy RPG that features sandbox elements and post-apocalyptic survival mechanics.
- #15 ZOMBIE RAID: No One Survives
87% matchMixed53% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: Red Dot Studio
Windows
Join the fight for survival in a top-down shooter with realistic-looking combat. Raid the infected city and fight for survival in team battles.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.4%, Zombies 19.6%, Inventory Management 17.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on team-based survival and action-heavy gameplay.
- #16 How to Survive
86% matchVery Positive83% of 17,095 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: Zombies 74.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Survival Horror 8.7%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down zombie survival game that emphasizes crafting, inventory management, and exploration.
- #17 Survivors Of The Zombie World
86% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Dafu Game Studio
Windows
Survivors Of The Zombie World is a 3D pixel-style zombie survival game. Survivors fight in a world full of zombies. Your goal is to survive, find food, ammunition, medicine and other supplies on the map and try to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.9%, Zombies 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Shooter 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused top-down shooter that emphasizes exploration and resource gathering.
- #18 Section 13
85% matchMixed70% of 828 reviews2025
Dev: Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a subterranean base, either alone or in a group of up to 3 players.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.5%, Zombies 24.8%, Dark 16.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Top-Down 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, top-down roguelike shooter that pits players against relentless zombie hordes.
- #19 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
84% matchVery Positive87% of 4,190 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 56.8%, Exploration 25%, Procedural Generation 18.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep survival game with top-down elements that focuses on building, scavenging, and managing survivors.
- #20 Death Road to Canada
84% matchVery Positive93% of 10,135 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
Why similar: Zombies 69.4%, Pixel Graphics 26.5%, 2D 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A perma-death roguelite that captures the desperate feeling of scavenging for supplies while fleeing a zombie apocalypse.
- #21 No Escape from Madness
83% matchMixed68% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: qiqin
Windows
No Escape from Madness is a thrilling shooting adventure game that blends Lovecraftian elements with extraction gameplay. You will guide the self-sacrificing infantry operators into the Sector where The Elder One is poised to descend.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 31.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Shooter 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An extraction-based shooter that incorporates base-building and survival mechanics.
- #22 DeadPoly
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Zombies 50.1%, Post-apocalyptic 32.1%, Shooter 17.8%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that emphasizes looting and building to survive against waves of zombies.
- #23 Unturned
81% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Zombies 41.4%, Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Shooter 17.2%, Adventure 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A popular survival game that blends looting, crafting, and base building with a distinct visual style.
- #24 Deadly Days: Roadtrip
78% matchVery Positive88% of 2,605 reviews2025
Dev: PixelsplitPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Loot, shoot, and mow down zombie hordes in this bullet heaven fever dream. Embark on a deadly roadtrip, fuel your bus, decide when to extract – and get that sweet inventory management kick when that new slot in your backpack fits just right.
Why similar: Inventory Management 45.5%, Zombies 29.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Top-Down 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that emphasizes inventory management and scavenging during a zombie apocalypse.
- #25 Neon Blight
82% matchMixed41% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: Bleeding TapesPub: indie.io
Windows
Welcome to Eden, the old town district beneath the megacity. Fight through dystopian cyberspace, collect hundreds of firearms, establish an exotic black market gun store, cater to other cyberpunk runners, and work towards the ultimate payday in this neon-rogue-lite, store management, shoot ‘em up.
Why similar: Gun Customization 38.6% ★, Inventory Management 22.9%, Shooter 10.6%, Top-Down 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that blends roguelite elements with shop management and weapon customization.
- #26 Zombie Builder Defense 2
80% matchVery Positive85% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
Why similar: Gun Customization 26.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Zombies 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Shooter 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes defensive building and survival against waves of zombies.
- #27 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
78% matchVery Positive91% of 12,980 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.6%, Zombies 35.8%, Dark 16.1%, Top-Down 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelike that focuses on managing a squad against massive zombie hordes.
- #28 Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad
77% matchVery Positive98% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Fogo GamesPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Expect blasts of green zombie goo painting the screen in this top-down shooter packed with crazy guns that blow the heads off some… freaky zombies. Your mission is simple: graffiti the whole city before these mutants dog-pile you
Why similar: Gun Customization 34.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Zombies 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Shooter 7.2%
- #29 Atom Zombie Smasher
79% matchVery Positive90% of 2,085 reviews2011
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.
Why similar: Zombies 65.3%, Top-Down 20%, Procedural Generation 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a top-down perspective on managing a zombie outbreak with a focus on tactical survival.
- #30 The Pulse of Evil
77% matchVery Positive95% of 219 reviews2023
Dev: MadnukinPub: Mads Games
Windows
Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, Shooter 12.9%, Dark 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Zombies 9%
- #31 20 Minutes Till Dawn
75% matchVery Positive91% of 28,655 reviews2023
Dev: flannePub: Erabit
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Why similar: Gun Customization 41.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 27.4%, Shooter 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Horror 7.3%
- #32 Deadline Escape
75% matchVery Positive89% of 194 reviews2026
Dev: DeadlineEscape
Windows
Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.7%, Extraction Shooter 24.5% ★, Zombies 11.3%, Collectathon 10.9%, Shooter 7.9%
- #33 Dead Engine
76% 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: Inventory Management 34.7%, Zombies 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #34 My Night Job
79% matchVery Positive90% of 96 reviews2016
Dev: Webcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
My Night Job sends players into an abandoned building and sicks hordes of monsters on them. They can use more than 60 weapons to defend themselves and save as many survivors as possible. But beware – if too many rooms are thrashed, the end may be nigh-er than you originally thought.
Why similar: Zombies 29.7%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game with pixel graphics that focuses on defending locations from zombie incursions.
- #35 Choo Choo Survivor
76% matchVery Positive85% of 580 reviews2023
Dev: GTGD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!
Why similar: Gun Customization 24.2% ★, Perma Death 17.5%, Zombies 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #36 Pixel Combat: Zombie Shooter
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Avega GamesPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Pixel Combat Shooter is a pixel shooter where you have to fight for survival in a world plagued by zombie apocalypse. Defend your home from waves of zombies, build a time machine and fight unique bosses. Crafting, upgrades and a nostalgic atmosphere.
Why similar: Zombies 37.7%, Shooter 25.7%, Adventure 22.1%, Exploration 14.5%
- #37 Psionic Awake
74% matchMixed67% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: Mighty CatPub: INDIECN
Windows
Psionic Awake is a Roguelike game . Collect resources during the day and defend against monsters at night. It emphasizes any combination of weapons, talents, treasures and partners.
Why similar: Zombies 37.6%, Shooter 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Adventure 7.4%
- #38 Graveyard Gunslingers
74% matchMixed60% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: PyroPhysics
Windows
Shoot hordes of zombies in a bullet hell roguelite arena. By day, harvest resources, unlock map areas, and prepare for the upcoming night. Craft unique strategies by combining characters, weapons, and exploring a vast ability tree.
Why similar: Gun Customization 30.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, Zombies 20.1%, Top-Down 9.3%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #39 Blood Running
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Dead Unicorn
Windows
Blood Running is a stylish extraction shooter where you'll enter the cyber-wasteland, fight off creatures and bandits, loot valuable gear, and venture into the remnants of a world in ruins. Are you willing to bleed to survive, Blood Runner?
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 30% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.7%, Shooter 12.4%, Top-Down 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #40 You Will Die Here Tonight
71% matchVery Positive91% of 630 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: Zombies 32.7%, Dark 20.9%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Top-Down 8.3%, Exploration 7.4%
- #41 Mystic Explorer
71% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: ZackPub: Captcha Games
Windows
Mystic Explorer is a treasure rogue game. Players will play the role of treasure hunter in search of treasure chests in the siege of monsters, defeat the ever stronger enemies, and bring back your own archive treasures.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.5%, Top-Down 22.1%, Zombies 17.4%, 2D 12.6%, Combat 10.6%
- #42 Embers of the Night
71% 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 42.2%, Inventory Management 36.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Adventure 7.2%, 2D 2.2%
- #43 God Of Weapons
70% matchVery Positive85% of 5,074 reviews2023
Dev: Archmage LabsPub: Archmage Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on a thrilling journey in God of Weapons, an action roguelike where you must ascend the tower of Zhor to reclaim the last light for the world. To survive the monster onslaught on each tower's level, you'll need to obtain and carefully organize weapons and accessories in your inventory.
Why similar: Inventory Management 52.5%, Perma Death 34.5%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Combat 5.2%
- #44 Dead Unending
73% 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 36.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Top-Down 12.6%, Horror 6.6%
- #45 Survivor
73% matchMixed55% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: kolacape
Windows
Get ready for an intense survival battle against an ever-growing horde of zombies. Play solo or co-op with friends, test your shooting skills and luck in this relentless combat and see how long you can stay alive.
Why similar: Zombies 40.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Shooter 13.5%, Horror 8%, Adventure 7.1%
- #46 Night of the Dead
68% 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 75.1%, Survival Horror 24.9%
- #47 Astro Looter: Survivor
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 423 reviews2024
Dev: Soda Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35%, Zombies 32.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Top-Down 11.9%, Adventure 6.6%
- #48 Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
67% matchVery Positive88% of 6,172 reviews2024
Dev: Noxfall Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.1%, Perma Death 24.9%, Top-Down 13.1%, Exploration 10%, Procedural Generation 6.5%
- #49 Nayati River
72% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: Worlds To Play
Windows
A single-player game of adventure and survival, set in a vast region infested with the dead. Build an autonomous camp, manage a community of survivors, look for the many who are missing, fight ferocious hordes, and unravel the mysteries of the legend of Nayati River!
Why similar: Zombies 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #50 Nightmare Frontier
68% matchVery Positive84% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: Ice Code Games
Windows
Behold the first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of scavenger roughnecks into a devastated boom town of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab what you can carry and get out. Alive.
Why similar: Gun Customization 65.9% ★, Top-Down 14.9%, Horror 11.1%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #51 FALL
67% 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: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Zombies 30.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Top-Down 8.9%, Horror 6.9%
- #52 Desert Of The Dead
70% matchMixed68% of 428 reviews2019
Dev: Astralis Games
Windows
You are a mysterious wanderer traveling through the wilderness of the wild west. In cities and towns, people began to disappear, as in many cities the population became infected with a virus which turns people into zombies, and it is rumored that people from the government are behind this.
Why similar: Shooter 32.8%, Pixel Graphics 27.7%, Top-Down 16.1%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, 2D 10.1%
- #53 GOD FORSAKEN
65% matchMixed69% of 1,739 reviews2026
Dev: insight studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The God - Forsaken Land is a roguelike survival adventure game that combines the features of Diablo. In this abandoned land of despair, you fend off endless monsters, light a fire in the darkness, and search for that faint glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Zombies 76.7%, Adventure 12.8%, Combat 10.5%
- #54 Blood Night
65% 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 45.7%, Shooter 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Procedural Generation 6.2%, Exploration 5.9%
- #55 PATHOGEN X
66% matchVery Positive80% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: BraveCat'Studios
Windows
An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.
Why similar: Zombies 34.6%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Shooter 13.8%, Dark 11.8%, Horror 10.3%
- #56 West of Dead
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,149 reviews2020
Dev: Upstream ArcadePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this cover-based shooter which combines the fluidity of twin-stick controls and tactical cover usage. Dodge behind cover as you try to outgun your enemies in the unknown procedurally generated hunting grounds.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.8%, Zombies 26.8%, Dark 12.2%, Shooter 10.7%, Horror 8%
- #57 Vzerthos: The Heir of Thunder
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 110 reviews2017
Dev: DarkDes Labs
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Vzerthos is a 2D isometric old-school techno-fantasy styled Top-Down Shooter. Player's arsenal includes skills of the Thunder God's heir and three types of guns - use them to slice and dice, burn and blow up your enemies!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.2%, Zombies 29.5%, Top-Down 11%, Exploration 9%, Adventure 6.1%
- #58 Endoparasitic 2
64% matchVery Positive87% of 616 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Zombies 17.4%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Top-Down 11.6%, Shooter 11.6%, Exploration 9.4%
- #59 EMPTY SHELL
65% matchVery Positive88% of 789 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Shooter 21%, Top-Down 18.3%, Dark 13.8%, Horror 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%