- #1 No More Room in Hell 2
97% matchMixed49% of 20,921 reviews2024
Dev: Torn Banner Studios
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.
Why similar: Zombies 31.4%, Survival 10.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Online Co-Op 10%, Co-op 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It directly follows the original's formula with punishing co-op zombie survival, realistic lethality, and heavy reliance on teamwork under pressure.
- #2 Zombie Panic! Source
96% matchVery Positive85% of 7,843 reviews2008
Dev: Zombie Panic! Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification.
Why similar: Zombies 37.5%, Survival 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Mod 9.5% ★, Horror 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like NMRIH, it comes from the same Source-era zombie-school of tense survivor play, melee scrambles, and fragile human teamwork.
- #3 Contagion
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,705 reviews2013
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
Why similar: Zombies 41.2%, Survival 10.2%, Co-op 9.8%, Horror 7.8%, FPS 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest spiritual cousins, offering slower, more tactical zombie FPS survival with infection risk and objective-based co-op.
- #4 Codename CURE
95% matchVery Positive85% of 16,490 reviews2017
Dev: Raptor Byte
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Codename CURE is a first person, co-operative zombie game with support for up to five players, providing dynamic, fast-paced zombie fragging with both objective, and survival-based missions.
Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Mod 10.7% ★, Co-op 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its free co-op zombie missions, class-based teamwork, and objective focus make it a very natural alternative for NMRIH players.
- #5 Left 4 Dead 2
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034,422 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 98.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Why similar: Zombies 51.4%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%, FPS 6.7%, Online Co-Op 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is more arcade-like, but few games match its co-op zombie FPS intensity, map-driven teamwork, and constant pressure from infected hordes.
- #6 Left 4 Dead
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 66,787 reviews2008
Dev: Valve
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 64.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 46.2%, Co-op 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.1%, FPS 7%, Online Co-Op 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original still delivers that classic four-player zombie survival run where positioning, healing, and sticking together matter.
- #7 BrainBread 2
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 5,202 reviews2022
Dev: Reperio Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Grab a weapon, demolish your enemies, level up, become more powerful, let the gore flow, let the limbs fly. BrainBread 2 introduces a zombie fps mixed with RPG / Arcade elements, the game is very action-packed and generally fast-paced.
Why similar: Zombies 42.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Survival 12.4%, Co-op 8.8%, FPS 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This free Source-style zombie FPS shares the same rough-edged community shooter feel, mixing co-op gunplay, melee, and undead chaos.
- #8 Killing Floor
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 68,598 reviews2009
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
Why similar: Zombies 36.5%, Co-op 12%, Survival 11.1%, FPS 10.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its slower, grimmer wave-based co-op against overwhelming mutants captures a similar survival-horror tension and resource-conscious shooting.
- #9 Killing Floor 2
91% matchVery Positive88% of 128,795 reviews2016
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 85.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Why similar: Zombies 27.8%, Survival 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Co-op 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It keeps the same co-op last-stand appeal while adding more polish, better gun feel, and relentless close-quarters gore.
- #10 World War Z
91% matchVery Positive83% of 30,830 reviews2021
Dev: Saber Interactive Inc
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
Why similar: Zombies 47.6%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Co-op 9%, FPS 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: If you want coordinated co-op against huge swarms while completing objectives under pressure, this scratches a similar undead teamwork itch.
- #11 Back 4 Blood
90% matchMixed69% of 72,580 reviews2021
Dev: Turtle Rock StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
Why similar: Zombies 39.4%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Co-op 8.3%, FPS 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This modern co-op campaign shooter channels the same team-dependent zombie combat loop, just with a faster and more progression-heavy style.
- #12 Dead Frontier 2
89% matchMixed70% of 28,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Zombies 34%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Survival 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its bleak multiplayer survival-horror loop of looting dangerous zones and conserving resources matches NMRIH's vulnerability-driven appeal.
- #13 DayZ
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 461,119 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.8 hrsMean: 275.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Zombies 23%, Survival 14.3%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Co-op 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The harsh survival systems, infection anxiety, scavenging, and ever-present undead danger echo NMRIH's unforgiving apocalypse feel.
- #14 Unturned
88% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.1 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 30%, Survival 13.3%, Co-op 10.2%, Multiplayer 10.1%, FPS 8%
Why You'll Like It: Despite the blocky visuals, it delivers excellent multiplayer zombie survival built around scavenging, fortifying, and trying not to get overwhelmed.
- #15 7 Days to Die
86% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Zombies 34.3%, Survival 18.8%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It leans harder into survival crafting, but the scavenging, nighttime dread, and constant zombie threat fit NMRIH's desperate tone well.
- #16 Dying Light
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 487,201 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 61.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Zombies 34.3%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Survival 10%, Horror 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person melee focus, survival-horror atmosphere, and co-op zombie scavenging make it a strong fit despite the open-world structure.
- #17 Project Zomboid
86% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 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 43.2%, Survival 21.7%, Multiplayer 11%, Co-op 7.6%, Post-apocalyptic 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is not an FPS, but it absolutely nails the brutal 'one mistake can end your run' zombie survival tension that defines NMRIH.
- #18 Cry of Fear
85% matchVery Positive89% of 84,143 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Zombies 14.7%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Co-op 12%, Survival Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: While less zombie-focused, its oppressive first-person horror, scarce resources, and co-op-capable survival feel overlap with NMRIH's bleak tension.
- #19 Dead Island Definitive Edition
84% matchVery Positive82% of 27,529 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Why similar: Zombies 42.9%, Survival 11.4%, Co-op 10.5%, Multiplayer 10%, Online Co-Op 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This co-op first-person zombie game emphasizes melee, looting, and survival pressure in a way that will feel familiar to NMRIH fans.
- #20 GTFO
83% matchVery Positive84% of 65,714 reviews2021
Dev: 10 Chambers
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Why similar: Zombies 19.6%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Co-op 13.1%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Horror 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It swaps zombies for monsters, yet its brutal co-op FPS pacing, ammo discipline, and punishing teamwork demands feel very close in spirit.
- #21 Survive the Nights
82% matchMixed66% of 6,549 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 29.2%, Survival 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Co-op 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This realism-leaning zombie survival game focuses on barricading, scavenging, darkness, and cooperation in ways that strongly overlap with NMRIH's mood.
- #22 Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 12,747 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Why similar: Zombies 42.4%, Co-op 12%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Survival 10.1%, Horror 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers more of Dead Island's first-person co-op zombie survival, with the same emphasis on scavenging, fighting, and holding out.
- #23 Infestation: The New Z
82% matchMixed54% of 33,897 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.3 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 46.9%, Survival 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.6%, FPS 5.1%, Open World 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its open-world zombie survival formula taps into the same scavenging, desperation, and undead-apocalypse tension, even if it is more PvP-oriented.
- #24 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
80% matchVery Positive83% of 68,064 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Zombies 40%, Survival 19%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Co-op 8.8%, Online Co-Op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is broader and more systemic, but the scavenging, permadeath pressure, and co-op survival against a zombie outbreak line up well.
- #25 SAS: Zombie Assault 4
81% matchVery Positive86% of 9,576 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.
Why similar: Zombies 50.1%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Co-op 11%, Survival 8.9%, Online Co-Op 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Even from a top-down view, it captures the same appeal of cooperative zombie survival, progression, and trying to hold the line together.
- #26 ZOMBI
81% matchMixed64% of 3,070 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 51%, Survival 13.3%, Horror 7.1%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Survival Horror 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its slow, claustrophobic first-person survival horror and emphasis on careful encounters capture the same dread-heavy zombie atmosphere.
- #27 Call of Duty: World at War
79% matchVery Positive92% of 52,738 reviews2008
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.
Why similar: Zombies 46.3%, Multiplayer 10.5%, FPS 9.5%, Co-op 9.2%, Online Co-Op 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its Nazi Zombies mode remains a great match for players who want co-op first-person survival against escalating undead odds.
- #28 Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
78% matchVery Positive85% of 229,056 reviews2015
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 22.3 hrsMean: 98.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
Why similar: Zombies 43.8%, Multiplayer 21.6%, FPS 11.9%, Co-op 10.3%, Shooter 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Between its Zombies mode and huge custom map ecosystem, it offers a deep co-op undead FPS sandbox for group play.
- #29 Dead Effect 2
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,297 reviews2016
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.Pub: App Holdings
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 37%, Co-op 12.3%, Survival 11.9%, FPS 9.8%, Horror 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person sci-fi horror shooter delivers co-op-friendly survival combat, melee-and-gun juggling, and a constant sense of being hunted.
- #30 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,246 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom Game Studio VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
Why similar: Zombies 55.6%, Co-op 9.5%, Survival 9.5%, Multiplayer 7%, Open World 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is much more arcade-like, but the co-op zombie survival setup, scavenging, and constant crowd management still make it a relevant alternative.
- #31 Counter-Strike Nexon
76% matchMixed67% of 43,137 reviews2014
Dev: ValvePub: NEXON
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 49.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Counter-Strike Nexon is a Free to Play MMOFPS offering competitive PvP and PvE action including content from the original Counter-Strike and all new game modes, map creation function, weapons, and hordes of Zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 39.3%, FPS 10.9%, Co-op 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Mod 8% ★
- #32 Nuclear Nightmare
73% matchVery Positive81% of 18,198 reviews2024
Dev: BG Productions
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.2%, Co-op 17.5%, Horror 17%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Multiplayer 11.8%
- #33 SCP: Secret Laboratory
74% matchVery Positive91% of 230,305 reviews2017
Dev: Northwood Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 46.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Why similar: Multiplayer 20.5%, Horror 16.3%, Co-op 13.9%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Survival 9.5%
- #34 WARMODE
75% matchMixed62% of 16,454 reviews2019
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.
Why similar: Multiplayer 22.8%, FPS 20.1%, Zombies 17.3%, Shooter 9.3%, Co-op 7.3%
- #35 Propagation VR
73% matchVery Positive94% of 5,841 reviews2020
Dev: WanadevStudio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?
Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Horror 11.8%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 11.3%, FPS 8%
- #36 Infestation: The New Beginning
77% matchMixed42% of 25,431 reviews
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 58.0 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 54.3%, Survival 16.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Massively Multiplayer 5.1%, Open World 3.5%
- #37 NO BACKUP
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 577 reviews2026
Dev: Serundeox
Windows
Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.
Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, FPS 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Survival 8.7%
- #38 Nomad
74% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Zombies 37.4%, Survival 20.4%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Co-op 5.4%, Open World 5%
- #39 Yet Another Zombie Defense
73% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Why similar: Zombies 88.5%, Survival 3.5%, Multiplayer 2.6%, Co-op 2.4%, Online Co-Op 1.1%
- #40 Ravenous Horde
71% matchMixed54% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Vector Interactive
Windows
Team up with 64 players to fight off the horde of zombies in this post-apocalyptic FPS or join the horde against the living! Turn on your teammates and tear them apart. Level up and unlock new weapons, perks, clothing options and more! Equip your favourite loadout and join the fight!
Why similar: Zombies 32.7%, Survival 10.5%, Co-op 10.5%, Multiplayer 10%, FPS 8.4%
- #41 Fistful of Frags
72% matchVery Positive91% of 36,793 reviews2014
Dev: Fistful of Frags Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.
Why similar: Mod 18.7% ★, Survival 15.2%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Co-op 12.3%, Multiplayer 12%
- #42 No One Survived
69% matchMixed65% of 7,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Zombies 34.9%, Survival 19.3%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Co-op 7.6%, Online Co-Op 6.4%
- #43 CastleMiner Z
71% matchVery Positive81% of 11,113 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Zombies 35.3%, Survival 16.7%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Co-op 7.8%, FPS 5%
- #44 MISERY
67% matchVery Positive83% of 23,009 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MISERY is a 1–10 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 18%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Horror 11.2%
- #45 Operation: Outbreak
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 489 reviews2025
Dev: DREADMITH Games
Windows
Your squad's vehicle exploded during a patrol, and you're the only survivor. The enemy is unusual this time. A virus has turned the city into a warzone of the undead. Get to the exfil in time or die trying. A free-to-play short and intense FPS zombie survival horror game.
Why similar: Zombies 42.4%, Horror 11.6%, FPS 10.5%, Survival Horror 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #46 The Forgotten Ones
72% matchMixed60% of 1,653 reviews2014
Dev: Bernt Andreas Eide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Losing his parents during the holocaust to a mad man of a doctor. You're to play as Grobuskna Vladinov, 20 years after the incident that changed his life dramatically. Grobuskna receives an unknown phone call that'll start a journey that'll twist your mind...
Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Horror 17.7%, Mod 14% ★, Survival 12.9%, FPS 8.5%
- #47 State of Decay
69% 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 53.7%, Survival 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 6.2%, Open World 5.6%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #48 Passing Pineview Forest
70% matchMixed65% of 1,697 reviews2014
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...
Why similar: Horror 31.3%, Zombies 20.2%, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Survival Horror 6%
- #49 Dead Effect
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,761 reviews2014
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
Why similar: Zombies 46.8%, FPS 12.3%, Survival 9.2%, Horror 9%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #50 Blood And Zombies
68% matchMixed53% of 453 reviews2022
Dev: Wild MonkeyPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Blood, guts, meat. Humanity's waging total war against a horrific zombie apocalypse. Lead one of four of humanity's deadliest survivors against the horde in this first person, wave defense shooter. Load up your guns, set up turrets, sharpen your skills, and maybe you'll make it through the night.
Why similar: Zombies 27.8%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Survival 10.7%, Co-op 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #51 Hellbreach: Vegas
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 623 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Ape StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Hellbreach: Vegas is a Wave-based First-Person Shooter for 1-4 players, made with passion by a one man dev team! Set your loadout, kill, and earn cash. Take a spin on the various slot machines and level up to improve your survival chances. Are you ready to try your luck?
Why similar: Zombies 31.1%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 10.8%, Co-op 9.5%, FPS 8.8%
- #52 SURV1V3
66% matchVery Positive82% of 1,793 reviews2021
Dev: Candymakers
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Forget what you have played so far, SURV1V3 is a unique realistic zombie survival fps game expressly designed for VIRTUAL REALITY that will let you test your survival skills. Play the thrilling story in single mode or coop with your friends (up to 4 players) and survive the apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 60.6%, Co-op 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Survival 7%, Online Co-Op 6.5%
- #53 They Are Hundreds
68% matchMixed53% of 186 reviews2020
Dev: WoahStudiosusPub: Woahstudiosus
Windows
They Are Hundreds is an evolving Third-person wave based zombie game, co-op with up to 4 friends with endless ammo and guns!
Why similar: Zombies 32.5%, Survival 15.1%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Co-op 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10%
- #54 SCP: Containment Breach Multiplayer
64% matchVery Positive83% of 28,196 reviews2021
Dev: Fusion Creators Studio
Windows
Multiplayer survival horror game based on stories from the SCP Foundation. The game is about a facility containing anomalous entities known as SCPs. When a catastrophic containment breach occurs at one of the facilities, it is your main goal to escape the facility. Try to escape with your friends!
Why similar: Horror 18%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Survival 14%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Co-op 12.1%