- #1 No More Room in Hell 2
97% matchMixed57% of 28,679 reviews2026
Dev: Torn Banner Studios
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 32.6%, Survival 10.1%, Online Co-Op 10%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Co-op 9%
Why You'll Like It: It directly expands the original's bleak, high-stakes co-op zombie survival into larger maps, eight-player squads, scavenging, and extraction-focused runs.
- #2 Zombie Panic! Source
96% matchVery Positive85% of 7,869 reviews2008
Dev: Zombie Panic! Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 47.7 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 38.4%, Mod 9.9% ★, Multiplayer 9.6%, Survival 8.6%, Horror 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This free Source-engine zombie game shares the original's mod-era atmosphere, tense firearms handling, dark maps, and vulnerable human survivors.
- #3 Contagion
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,738 reviews2013
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 3.8 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 41.4%, Survival 10.1%, Co-op 9.5%, Horror 7.8%, FPS 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Built around similarly grounded first-person zombie scenarios, infection risk, scarce supplies, and cooperative objectives, it is one of the closest alternatives in feel.
- #4 Codename CURE
95% matchVery Positive85% of 16,538 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 34.9%, Mod 10.9% ★, Co-op 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its objective-based co-op missions, class roles, defensive teamwork, and relentless infected make it a natural match for NMRIH's scenario play.
- #5 BrainBread 2
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 5,209 reviews2022
Dev: Reperio Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.8 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 42.4%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Survival 12.3%, Co-op 8.6%, FPS 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A free multiplayer zombie FPS with co-op survival modes, weapon scavenging, and a similarly scrappy Source-mod sensibility.
- #6 Left 4 Dead 2
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,060,263 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 100.5 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 51.8%, Co-op 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%, FPS 6.8%, Survival 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers exceptionally polished four-player zombie campaigns where sticking together, managing special infected, and reaching safe rooms are essential.
- #7 Dead Frontier 2
93% matchMixed70% of 28,454 reviews2019
Dev: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 34.4%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Survival 11.9%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Horror 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play online survival horror game emphasizes exploration, ammunition management, dangerous undead, and teaming up in a ruined city.
- #8 Left 4 Dead
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 68,256 reviews2008
Dev: Valve
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 65.9 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 46.7%, Co-op 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.9%, FPS 7.1%, Survival 6%
Why You'll Like It: The original delivers a more stripped-back version of the same intense cooperative zombie escape formula and oppressive horror pacing.
- #9 Killing Floor
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 68,963 reviews2009
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 47.9 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 37%, Co-op 11.7%, Survival 11.1%, FPS 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its slower, grittier wave-based co-op combat and emphasis on holding positions against grotesque undead-adjacent specimens suit NMRIH fans well.
- #10 Nuclear Nightmare
90% matchVery Positive81% of 19,279 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 23.6%, Co-op 17.4%, Horror 17.2%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Multiplayer 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person co-op survival horror, hostile environments, limited resources, and frightening creature encounters in tense short-form expeditions.
- #11 Killing Floor 2
91% matchVery Positive88% of 129,477 reviews2016
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 86.0 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 28.2%, Survival 10.1%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Co-op 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A more elaborate co-op horde shooter that retains the need for squad coordination, weapon economy, and surviving escalating waves of monsters.
- #12 GTFO
89% matchVery Positive84% of 66,909 reviews2021
Dev: 10 Chambers
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.2 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 20%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Co-op 12.9%, Multiplayer 12%, Horror 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its brutally difficult co-op expeditions demand communication, careful ammunition use, stealth, and coordinated defense against swarming monsters.
- #13 World War Z
89% matchVery Positive82% of 32,845 reviews2021
Dev: Saber Interactive Inc
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 35.2 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 48%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Online Co-Op 11%, Co-op 8.9%, FPS 4%
Why You'll Like It: Four-player missions against enormous zombie swarms offer objective-focused teamwork and frantic defensive stand-offs on a much larger scale.
- #14 Back 4 Blood
88% matchMixed69% of 73,371 reviews2021
Dev: Turtle Rock StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 44.1 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 39.9%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Co-op 8.1%, FPS 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This modern campaign co-op shooter has familiar zombie-team roles, specials, supplies, and escalating horde pressure, albeit with a more action-heavy style.
- #15 Dying Light
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 496,161 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 61.5 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 34.8%, Survival 10%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Horror 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world co-op survival horror game combines scavenging, risky nighttime infected encounters, crafting, and close-quarters zombie combat.
- #16 SCP: 5K
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 15,254 reviews2022
Dev: Affray InteractivePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!
Why similar: Co-op 25.4%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Horror 16.3%, FPS 15.5%, Shooter 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Though its enemies are anomalous rather than zombies, its tactical co-op gunplay, slow clears, limited information, and horror tone closely fit NMRIH's tension.
- #17 Unturned
86% matchVery Positive91% of 564,742 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.
Why similar: Zombies 30.3%, Survival 13.3%, Co-op 10%, Multiplayer 9.9%, FPS 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Despite its blocky visuals, it is a free multiplayer zombie survival game with looting, crafting, vehicles, base building, and hazardous infected zones.
- #18 Project Zomboid
85% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 43.5%, Survival 21.7%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 7.5%, Post-apocalyptic 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly unforgiving zombie survival sandbox with infection, scavenging, multiplayer cooperation, and the constant possibility of losing everything to one mistake.
- #19 7 Days to Die
82% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 34.8%, Survival 18.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It adds deep crafting and base building to a harsh multiplayer zombie survival loop where preparation for massive hordes is crucial.
- #20 Zombie Army 4: Dead War
84% matchVery Positive86% of 12,185 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!
Why similar: Zombies 52.5%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Co-op 14.3%, Shooter 6.6%, Horror 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides focused co-op missions against supernatural undead hordes, including defensive objectives and satisfying coordinated shooting.
- #21 Zombie Army Trilogy
84% matchVery Positive86% of 18,822 reviews2015
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
Why similar: Zombies 53%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Survival 7.5%, Horror 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its campaign-based co-op zombie shooting is more methodical than many horde games and centers on surviving undead-filled levels together.
- #22 DayZ
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 470,116 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 281.7 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 23.3%, Survival 14.4%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Co-op 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended multiplayer survival creates the same anxiety around limited supplies, infected towns, harsh consequences, and uncertain encounters with other survivors.
- #23 Survive the Nights
82% matchMixed66% of 6,793 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 29.6%, Survival 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Co-op 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its deliberate first-person survival mechanics, barricading, looting, and dangerous nighttime zombies capture the cautious survival side of NMRIH.
- #24 Dead Island 2
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 29,851 reviews2024
Dev: Dambuster StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.
Why similar: Zombies 42.4%, Co-op 17.8%, Horror 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, FPS 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A more polished, action-forward co-op zombie adventure with detailed dismemberment, scavenged weapons, and crowded undead encounters.
- #25 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
81% matchVery Positive83% of 70,161 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 40.5%, Survival 19%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Co-op 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7%
Why You'll Like It: Its co-op zombie survival centers on scavenging, resource shortages, permanent character loss, and maintaining a community against an outbreak.
- #26 HumanitZ
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,430 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Zombies 36.4%, Survival 15.5%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Horror 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer open-world survival game focuses on scavenging, crafting, hostile infected, and trying to keep a group alive after civilization collapses.
- #27 Dead Island Definitive Edition
81% matchVery Positive82% of 28,366 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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 43.4%, Survival 11.4%, Co-op 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Horror 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers four-player co-op zombie survival with melee-focused combat, quests, looting, and a dangerous outbreak setting.
- #28 SCUM
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 127,189 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 105.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.
Why similar: Zombies 38.2%, Survival 19.1%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, FPS 10.2%, Massively Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: A demanding multiplayer survival sandbox featuring infected threats, scavenging, realistic survival systems, and tense encounters across a large hostile map.
- #29 SAS: Zombie Assault 4
79% matchVery Positive86% of 9,703 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 15.5 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 50.6%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Co-op 10.7%, Survival 8.9%, Online Co-Op 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This free co-op zombie shooter trades first-person immersion for fast top-down missions, class progression, and satisfying coordinated horde survival.
- #30 Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
78% matchVery Positive95% of 23,827 reviews2017
Dev: Reactive Drop Team
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.
Why similar: Co-op 57%, Shooter 23.4%, First-Person 19.6%
Why You'll Like It: While it uses aliens instead of zombies, its free co-op missions, limited equipment, objective pressure, and punishing squad-based combat share NMRIH's teamwork-first appeal.
- #31 Cry of Fear
77% matchVery Positive89% of 87,694 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 21.8%, Zombies 14.9%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Co-op 11.8%, Survival Horror 8.7%
- #32 Infestation: The New Z
76% matchMixed54% of 33,897 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.9 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 47.2%, Survival 15.7%, Multiplayer 11.3%, FPS 5.2%, Open World 4.6%
- #33 SCP: Secret Laboratory
74% matchVery Positive91% of 234,866 reviews2017
Dev: Northwood Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 47.4 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 20.4%, Horror 16.5%, Co-op 13.7%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Survival 9.6%
- #34 Counter-Strike Nexon
75% matchMixed67% of 43,348 reviews2014
Dev: ValvePub: NEXON
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 50.4 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 39.6%, FPS 11.1%, Co-op 8.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Mod 8.1% ★
- #35 Propagation VR
72% matchVery Positive94% of 5,908 reviews2020
Dev: WanadevStudio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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 35%, Horror 11.8%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 11.2%, FPS 8%
- #36 Nomad
75% 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 37.8%, Survival 20.4%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Co-op 5.3%, Open World 5.1%
- #37 Infestation: The New Beginning
76% 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 54.5%, Survival 16.4%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Massively Multiplayer 5.1%, Open World 3.5%
- #38 WARMODE
73% matchMixed62% of 16,454 reviews2019
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 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 22.3%, FPS 20.5%, Zombies 17.5%, Shooter 9.5%, Co-op 7.2%
- #39 NO BACKUP
70% matchMixed68% of 1,056 reviews2026
Dev: Serundeox
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.
Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Multiplayer 14%, FPS 12.6%, Survival 8.3%
- #40 Fistful of Frags
71% matchVery Positive91% of 36,910 reviews2014
Dev: Fistful of Frags Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.3 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 19.2% ★, Survival 15.2%, Co-op 12.1%, Online Co-Op 12%, Multiplayer 11.8%
- #41 Ravenous Horde
70% matchMixed53% of 210 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 33.2%, Survival 10.5%, Co-op 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%, FPS 8.5%
- #42 No One Survived
68% matchMixed64% of 7,844 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.7 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 35.4%, Survival 19.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Co-op 7.5%, Post-apocalyptic 6.2%
- #43 Yet Another Zombie Defense
71% matchVery Positive87% of 12,391 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 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 88.7%, Survival 3.5%, Multiplayer 2.5%, Co-op 2.4%, Online Co-Op 1.1%
- #44 Zombie City Together
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: cnsgames
Windows
Take on a city overrun by zombies with 1 to 4 players online — co-op or PvP! Hold the line against running, leaping, spitting hordes. Fight by day, hunt in the dark of night. Tear off limbs and unlock cosmetics with every kill. Stand together... or hunt each other down.
Why similar: Zombies 36.6%, Online Co-Op 11%, Survival 10.7%, Co-op 9.6%, FPS 8.3%
- #45 CastleMiner Z
71% matchVery Positive81% of 11,161 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 35.7%, Survival 16.7%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Co-op 7.6%, FPS 5.1%
- #46 The Forgotten Ones
72% matchMixed60% of 1,657 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 28.2%, Horror 17.6%, Mod 14.2% ★, Survival 12.8%, FPS 8.5%
- #47 MISERY
66% matchVery Positive84% of 26,185 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 18.8%, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Co-op 11.9%, Horror 11.3%
- #48 Operation: Outbreak
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 533 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 42.7%, Horror 11.5%, FPS 10.5%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #49 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 54%, Survival 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.1%, Open World 5.7%, Multiplayer 5.3%
- #50 Dead Effect
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,783 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 47%, FPS 12.4%, Survival 9.1%, Horror 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #51 KILLGUN
65% matchNo user reviews69% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
KILLGUN - is a ruthless FPS for players who crave pure, aggressive combat, high difficulty, and an atmosphere of constant survival.
Why similar: Zombies 45.8%, FPS 11.6%, Co-op 8.3%, Survival 7.9%, Multiplayer 6%
- #52 Nightmare Drive
65% matchVery Positive81% of 200 reviews2026
Dev: Voidfiller
Windows
Survive the apocalypse behind the wheel. Drive endless Highways, scavenge parts to build and arm your vehicle, and plow through massive zombie hordes. Mount turrets, fortify your ride, and outlast the dead - Solo or Up to 4 Player Multiplayer co-op
Why similar: Zombies 33.4%, Survival 12.8%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Co-op 8%
- #53 Blood And Zombies
67% matchMixed52% of 472 reviews2022
Dev: Wild MonkeyPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 28.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Survival 10.7%, Co-op 10%, Multiplayer 9.5%
- #54 Hellbreach: Vegas
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 638 reviews2024
Dev: Infinity Ape StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 31.5%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Survival 10.9%, Co-op 9.4%, FPS 9%