Games Like PIONER

STALCRAFT: X is the largest open-world online game in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore the world full of mutants and anomalies alone or with friends — unforgettable emotions guaranteed.

Why similar: MMORPG 25.3% ★, Looter Shooter 20% ★, Massively Multiplayer 12.1%, FPS 11.2%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the MMO-FPS structure of PIONER, combining Stalker-inspired aesthetics with massive multiplayer survival gameplay.

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Open World 17.5%, FPS 15.9%, Survival 13%, Shooter 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for the atmospheric, radiation-soaked, and dangerous post-apocalyptic world that PIONER aims to replicate.

Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.

Why similar: Military 15.3%, FPS 14.6%, Massively Multiplayer 14.6%, Open World 12.3%, Shooter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly realistic and tactical FPS experience that emphasizes atmospheric immersion and high-stakes extraction gameplay.

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Survival 11.4%, FPS 11.2%, Looter Shooter 10.1% ★, Open World 10%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that strips away unnecessary fluff to focus on realistic gunplay and open-world survival.

Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Open World 11.8%, Survival 11.6%, MMORPG 9.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural open-world survival MMO that shares PIONER's focus on base building, exploration, and large-scale PvE/PvP encounters.

Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.

Why similar: Survival 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, MMORPG 12.9% ★, Open World 12.3%, Massively Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic MMORPG that emphasizes survival, exploration, and faction-based combat in a desolate world.

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.5%, Open World 14.1%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 13%, FPS 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features an incredibly detailed survival system and realistic mechanics that will appeal to players who enjoy the grit of PIONER.

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: Massively Multiplayer 16.4%, Survival 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, FPS 10.8%, Open World 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive hardcore survival experience that captures the tension of scavenging and player interaction in a vast, unforgiving post-apocalyptic landscape.

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Why similar: Survival 23.9%, Crafting 18.9%, Open World 15.6%, Multiplayer 10.3%, PvP 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A premier open-world survival game that excels in the same brutal PvP and deep crafting systems found in PIONER.

Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 34.9% ★, FPS 12.7%, PvP 10.7%, Military 10%, Open World 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical looter-shooter that focuses on high-stakes extraction and intense combat in a gritty, diesel-punk setting.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a new era of the addictively unforgiving extraction shooter. In corrupted backwaters lost to history, fight back alone – or with friends – against timeless evil. Twisted monsters and other ruthless Hunters stand between you and your Bounty. Risk everything as Hunt consumes you

Why similar: FPS 23%, Open World 20.6%, PvP 18.4%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Shooter 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a masterclass in atmospheric PvPvE tension, focusing on high-stakes extraction in a hostile, supernatural environment.

Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 26%, Survival 14%, Open World 13.1%, Crafting 10.8%, MMORPG 8.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A unique nomadic survival MMO where players must constantly move across an open world to survive, featuring deep crafting and PvP.

Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, FPS 11%, Military 10.1%, PvP 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A looter-shooter that focuses on the tension of scavenging for resources and surviving against other players in a post-war environment.

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Why similar: Survival 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Open World 17.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a fictional Eastern European region that emphasizes both PvE and PvP interactions.

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 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Open World 19.3%, FPS 16.2%, Multiplayer 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the crafting and base-building aspects of survival, set in a world overrun by threats.

Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.

Why similar: MMORPG 27% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10%, PvP 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: An MMO shooter that leans heavily into the anomalous, post-Soviet aesthetic similar to the Stalker series.

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, MMORPG 19% ★, Open World 16.8%, Survival 11%, Multiplayer 10%

Why You'll Like It: Combines the classic post-apocalyptic RPG exploration with modern MMO elements and survival crafting.

Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…

Why similar: Looter Shooter 17.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Massively Multiplayer 12.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival looter-shooter that focuses on base building and intense combat in an open-world setting.

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.5%, FPS 18.4%, Open World 16.1%, Survival 11.3%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a narrative-driven, atmospheric post-apocalyptic experience with excellent weapon customization and survival elements.

The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.3%, Crafting 16.7%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 13.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that incorporates MMO elements, allowing for large-scale base building and territorial warfare.

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, FPS 14.5%, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 14%, Survival 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival shooter that emphasizes exploration and tactical combat against mechanical threats in a desolate landscape.

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: Looter Shooter 22.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Massively Multiplayer 14.3%, FPS 9.7%, Survival 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic survival game that focuses on base fortification and surviving against hordes of threats in a multiplayer environment.

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: Looter Shooter 30.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, FPS 12.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox looter-shooter that emphasizes survival, building, and tactical combat in a grim world.

Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.

Why similar: Survival 20.4%, Open World 17%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Massively Multiplayer 13.5%, Crafting 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on exploration and player-versus-player combat in a detailed, atmospheric world.

DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play survival game that emphasizes open-world exploration and multiplayer cooperation against zombie threats.

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Survival 26.4%, Crafting 23.7%, Open World 19.9%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Realistic 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that challenges players to explore and extract from a hostile alien environment.

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 29.9%, Open World 29.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Multiplayer 14.4%, RPG 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community management and survival in a zombie-infested world, emphasizing resource gathering and base defense.

OPG: Clan Wars — a multiplayer action game with survival elements. Arena shooter, open world, crafting, and resource battles — fight, evolve, and survive alone or with your team.

Why similar: MMORPG 15.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 11%, Crafting 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, FPS 9%

Dive into Project L33T, a hardcore first-person tactical extraction shooter. Confront AI foes and rival players, engage in high-stakes battles for precious loot, and risk it all in this hostile environment. Die and lose all of your gear and loot.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 25.2% ★, FPS 11%, Cinematic 9.2%, Crafting 8.6%, Military 8.6%

Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 22.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.1%, Military 11.5%, FPS 10%, Survival 8.4%

Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?

Why similar: MMORPG 31.9% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.1%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 10.5%, PvP 10.2%

Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.

Why similar: MMORPG 22.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 9.5%

Action. Chaos. Power. Anarchy: Wolf Laws is a dynamic first-person shooter with elements of RPG, survival, and strategic management. Capture territories, upgrade your production, and run your business in a world of total lawlessness.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 19.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 9.6%, FPS 8.9%

Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.1%, Crafting 16.2%, Open World 14.8%, Survival 13.9%, PvP 13%

Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: MMORPG 29.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 18.4%, Open World 11.8%, Crafting 7.6%, PvP 7%

GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 18.9% ★, Crafting 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 11%

Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 20.3%, Crafting 16.2%, FPS 14.1%, Survival 13.1%, PvP 11.9%

"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.3%, Survival 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, FPS 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?

Why similar: MMORPG 29.4% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Open World 11.9%, Cinematic 11.3%, PvP 9.9%

Anomaly Zone is an open world MMORPG and a post-apocalyptic shooter. Be a scientist, a soldier, a hunter or an engineer. Explore anomalous territories, search for artifacts, fight mutants and other players. Participate in mass PvP and PvE battles. The Zone is waiting!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 35.1%, Survival 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Open World 11%, RPG 9.8%

Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.

Why similar: MMORPG 22.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Crafting 12.5%, Open World 11.3%

Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 29.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Crafting 12.2%, FPS 11.1%, Survival 10.2%

Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 19.4% ★, Open World 13.9%, FPS 13.9%, Survival 12.5%, PvP 10.4%

MISERY is a 1–5 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: Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Crafting 17.1%, Survival 17%, Open World 16%, Multiplayer 10.6%

In the vastness of space, you are a lone robot desperately trying to survive. Build, explore, and fight for your life as you face deadly threats in the asteroid belt. This hardcore game shows no mercy—dangers lurk at every step, ready to destroy you at any moment.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.5%, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 13.3%, FPS 13%

Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale.

Why similar: FPS 33.4%, Massively Multiplayer 15%, Multiplayer 15%, Shooter 12.6%, Military 9.3%

Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Crafting 16.8%, Open World 15%, Survival 14.2%, PvP 12.5%

Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, FPS 11.4%, Survival 10.8%

Silent North thrusts you into the Swiss Alps, battling the elements, Infected, and other players. Fight solo or team up, scavenging gear and essentials. Intense PVPVE action ensures constant danger. Adapt, be resilient, and survive in this unpredictable, ever-changing landscape

Why similar: FPS 17.9%, Looter Shooter 17.2% ★, Survival 13.9%, Shooter 12.4%, PvP 11.1%

Deuterium Wars is a rapid 2D shooter. Create your own aircraft and plunge into heated battle with other players. What awaits you: an extensive role-playing system, craft, trading, and much more on a single server for all platforms.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Crafting 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, PvP 7.3%

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: Looter Shooter 22.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, FPS 13.1%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 9.6%

Try to survive the harsh realities of the cold Siberian countryside. Live long and always remember, man is man's enemy. You can trust no one but it is almost impossible to survive on your own. Choose your path and go to finish. Firefights, transport, crafting and survival.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, FPS 12.4%, Open World 11.1%, Survival 10.9%