- #1 Night of the Dead
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,888 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.0 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: Sandbox 15%, Zombies 14.9%, Survival 13.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game closely mirrors the base-building and zombie-defense mechanics found in Outbreak Island.
- #2 7 Days to Die
96% 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: Survival 17.8%, Zombies 13%, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for first-person zombie survival, crafting, and complex base fortification.
- #3 Mist Survival
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,394 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Survival 26.2%, Zombies 18.4%, Open World 12.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the atmospheric, post-apocalyptic survival feel with a strong focus on driving and base management.
- #4 Sons Of The Forest
95% matchVery Positive88% of 321,117 reviews2024
Dev: Endnight Games LtdPub: Newnight
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Base Building 14.1%, Open World 12.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-fidelity sequel that expands on island survival with advanced building systems and intense horror elements.
- #5 The Forest
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 683,269 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Horror 14.5%, Open World 13%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar isolated island setting with a heavy emphasis on survival, crafting, and defending against terrifying creatures.
- #6 Pacific Drive
94% matchVery Positive83% of 26,975 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Driving 15.4%, Transportation 14.8% ★, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Perfect for those who enjoy the driving and survival-horror aspects of navigating a dangerous, anomalous environment.
- #7 VEIN
93% matchVery Positive88% of 12,706 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Survival 17.4%, Zombies 14.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Open World 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A promising early-access survival title that emphasizes scavenging and base-building in a zombie-infested world.
- #8 Subsistence
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,861 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Survival 26.1%, Crafting 17.6%, Open World 12.7%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a challenging single-player survival experience with a deep focus on base-building and resource management.
- #9 The Infected
91% matchVery Positive84% of 7,020 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Base Building 13.2%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: A survival sandbox that tasks players with building a base and defending it against wildlife and infected threats.
- #10 No One Survived
91% 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: Survival 21.7%, Zombies 15.5%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with crafting and base-building against waves of undead enemies.
- #11 SCUM
89% 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: Survival 19.9%, Sandbox 16.5%, Zombies 15.6%, Crafting 13.9%, Open World 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features highly detailed survival mechanics, driving, and open-world exploration in a hostile environment.
- #12 Green Hell
90% matchVery Positive85% of 102,938 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
Why similar: Survival 28.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Open World 11.9%, Sandbox 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a hardcore survival experience on a remote island where environmental hazards and isolation are constant threats.
- #13 HumanitZ
89% 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: Survival 15.7%, Zombies 14.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Crafting 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that captures the tension of scavenging for supplies in a zombie-filled world.
- #14 SurrounDead
88% matchVery Positive91% of 27,054 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.9 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 22.7%, Zombies 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Open World 14.6%, Base Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a classic zombie survival experience with looting, base-building, and exploration.
- #15 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
87% 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: Survival 23.5%, Zombies 19.7%, Base Building 18.3%, Open World 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base management and survival against zombie hordes in an open-world setting.
- #16 Dread Dawn
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,276 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 25.0 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 17.8%, Survival 16%, Sandbox 14.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Open World 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox zombie survival game that emphasizes exploration and base defense in a city setting.
- #17 Stranded Deep
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,919 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Survival 31.2%, Crafting 17.4%, Open World 14.7%, Sandbox 10%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core experience of surviving on a remote island with limited resources and crafting.
- #18 DYSMANTLE
84% matchVery Positive91% of 11,622 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.2 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: Survival 18.3%, Zombies 14.2%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Open World 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it excels at the satisfying loop of breaking down the world to craft better survival gear.
- #19 Shadows of Kurgansk
86% matchMixed66% of 225 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 19.7%, Zombies 14.7%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that focuses on exploration and crafting in a mysterious, hostile zone.
- #20 Volcanoids
84% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Sandbox 14.3%, Base Building 13%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique base-building mechanics where your base is a mobile drill ship, perfect for exploration.
- #21 Zompiercer
82% matchVery Positive88% of 4,834 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.2%, Zombies 13.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Survival 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person zombie survival game that incorporates base-building and train-based exploration.
- #22 Drive 4 Survival
83% matchMixed65% of 304 reviews2020
Dev: M3M Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!
Why similar: Driving 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 10.9%, Base Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the vehicle-based survival mechanics and navigating a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #23 Vorax
82% matchMixed60% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: IndieGala
Windows
In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?
Why similar: Survival 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Zombies 10.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game that emphasizes exploration and combat in a dangerous, isolated environment.
- #24 Urge
80% matchVery Positive90% of 524 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Sandbox 13.2%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and base-building in a sandbox world.
- #25 Hold Your Own
81% matchMixed67% of 577 reviews2017
Dev: DistrictWare inc.
Windows
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
Why similar: Survival 15.2%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 12.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival game that focuses on crafting, building, and defending against waves of enemies.
- #26 Dead District: Survival
81% matchMixed47% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 15.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 11.1%, FPS 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a multiplayer-focused survival experience with a strong emphasis on action and base defense.
- #27 KeepUp Survival
79% matchMixed64% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Witte Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Survival 18.3%, Sandbox 16.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 14.3%, Open World 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that offers a variety of crafting and building options for long-term survival.
- #28 IfSunSets
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,506 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Zombies 16.8%, Open World 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a day-night cycle where players must build defenses to survive the horrors that emerge at night.
- #29 Junk Survivor
79% matchMixed70% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Zombies 14%, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes scavenging and crafting in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #30 DREADZONE
77% matchMixed51% of 1,239 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Survival 15.2%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 11.5%, Zombies 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%
- #31 Len's Island
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,974 reviews2025
Dev: Flow Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Why similar: Survival 17.5%, Sandbox 16.5%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 12.7%
- #32 Project: Mist
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 304 reviews2026
Dev: Chicken Launcher
Windows
Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Survival 14.6%, Horror 14.5%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 12.2%
- #33 Apocalypse Island
76% matchMostly Negative40% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Bettini Games
Windows
As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.
Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Zombies 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 8.7%
- #34 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
78% 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 19.1%, Zombies 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on exploration and resource management in a dangerous, zombie-filled world.
- #35 DESOLATE
75% matchMixed66% of 8,065 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.
Why similar: Survival 28.4%, Horror 18.8%, Open World 17.9%, Zombies 16.4%, First-Person 6.6%
- #36 Survival: Lost Way
75% matchMostly Negative36% of 301 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Survival 17.5%, Crafting 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, FPS 10.3%, Base Building 9.2%
- #37 Better Late Than DEAD
76% matchMostly Negative28% of 910 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.
Why similar: Survival 30.2%, Crafting 16.3%, Open World 14.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, Zombies 10.6%
- #38 Survive The Island
73% matchMixed54% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
survive the island you survive from skeletons and humans you can build and mine and level up your stats you can build whatever you want you can raid enemies you can mine and cut down trees and you have to hunt for your own food and you can grow your own crops and you can craft weapons
Why similar: Sandbox 21.7%, Survival 15.1%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 11.2%, RPG 11.1%
- #39 Polygeddon
72% matchMixed40% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Zombies 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 13.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 9.5%
- #40 ZED ZONE
70% matchVery Positive81% of 3,703 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Survival 16.1%, Sandbox 15.4%, Zombies 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Crafting 11.3%
- #41 Gone: Survival
73% matchMixed43% of 320 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Survival 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Zombies 11.6%, Base Building 11.6%
- #42 State of Decay
71% 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 23.8%, Survival 21.8%, Open World 13%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #43 Fargone
71% matchMixed69% of 601 reviews2022
Dev: RedDot Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.
Why similar: Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
- #44 Raise Your Tribe
70% matchMixed56% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Primeval Forest Studios
Windows
A hardcore tactical shooter with horror elements. Battle Machines and Mutants, and build your legacy on a deadly post-apocalyptic Cyberpunk Island. Explore dangerous zones, craft powerful gear, and shape your Cyberware build. Uncover secrets and fight to survive in a brutal, immersive world!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival 12.9%, FPS 11.3%, Open World 11.1%, Horror 10.4%
- #45 Away From Life
68% matchMixed67% of 238 reviews2026
Dev: Cursor GamesPub: IZilla Games
Windows
You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.1%, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 11%
- #46 Radiation Island
71% matchVery Positive81% of 642 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Survival 36.4%, Zombies 22%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Horror 7.4%
- #47 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,868 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Survival 14.1%, Base Building 13.8%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 10%
- #48 Survive the Nights
67% 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: Sandbox 19.3%, Survival 17.7%, Zombies 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, FPS 11.6%
- #49 iZolated
69% matchMixed69% of 124 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: Sandbox 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Zombies 9.9%, Survival 9.7%
- #50 Everwind
65% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.8%, Survival 19.1%, Crafting 16.4%, Building 14.7%, Open World 13.4%
- #51 Crushed
70% matchMixed53% of 321 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Survival 13.8%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 9.6%, Base Building 9.5%, FPS 9.3%
- #52 Sunkenland
66% matchVery Positive80% of 24,007 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Survival 21.2%, Base Building 16%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%
- #53 Deadly Flare
68% matchMixed55% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Green Grass Games
Windows
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Why similar: Survival 15.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Crafting 12%, Building 11%, Zombies 11%
- #54 Dead Matter
69% matchMostly Negative21% of 900 reviews2023
Dev: QI Games
Windows
After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.2%, Survival 14.5%, Zombies 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Base Building 11.6%
- #55 Unturned
65% 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: Survival 14.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Zombies 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Crafting 11.7%
- #56 Taora : Survival
67% matchMixed59% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Driving 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Base Building 11.8%