- #1 Gone: Survival
97% matchMixed44% of 308 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Survival 11.4%, Building 10.8%, Open World 10.8%
- #2 Dead Metro
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trust me bro Studio
Windows
Step into DEAD METRO, where each boundary hides a new world. Survive relentless zombies, shifting landscapes, and unpredictable alliances. Adapt or perish.
Why similar: Base Building 21.1%, Open World 18.7%, Zombies 14.2%, Survival 12.2%, Character Customization 11.9%
- #3 VEIN
96% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Base Building 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 13.4%, Zombies 9.9%
- #4 HORDE Survival
95% matchMostly Negative29% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: WDS Games
Windows
See yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic. Find or craft weapons and tools to fight against the living and the dead. Build a safe place to survive in this cruel, apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Open World 14.4%, Survival 12.5%, Building 11.5%
- #5 The Survivors
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Guygames
Windows
You crashed near a city infested by an unknown virus, you discover a world of nightmare infested with zombies but also by fanatics. Deliver yourself, craft, build and fight for your survival and the other survivors that populate this world in this survival game.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Base Building 18.2%, Open World 14.6%, Survival 14.4%, Zombies 11.8%
- #6 Emergent-Z
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Battle Buddy Games
Windows
Experience the outbreak in Emergent-Z, a pre-apocalyptic third-person survival game. Build your base, master your skills, and fight to survive as a human—or command chaos as a zombie horde leader. Your choices will shape the fate of the world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Base Building 13%, Open World 12.8%, Survival 10.7%, Zombies 9.7%
- #7 Rules of Nature
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BombGame
Windows
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival game set during a zombie outbreak. As one of the few survivors, you must explore towns to scavenge supplies, remain vigilant against zombie attacks, recruit fellow survivors, and build your survivor base. Stay alive!
Why similar: Base Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Survival 10.9%, Third-Person Shooter 9.6%, Building 9.4%
- #8 Foul
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AZRK
Windows
Foul is a survival game with story elements. Alone, you must face everything that comes your way. Contaminated animals, hunger, and darkness are just some of the dangers awaiting you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Open World 12.8%, Survival 11.8%, Zombies 9.6%
- #9 The Last Market
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Burhan Yıldırım
Windows
The Last Market is an open-world game set in a post-apocalyptic world where you run your own market in a safe zone for survivors. Fight zombies, collect sellable items, and grow your market by selling them.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 12.9%, Inventory Management 10.5%, Building 9.9%
- #10 Last of Humanity
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divine Games, inc.
Windows
Welcome to Last of Humanity, an online open-world sandbox multiplayer zombie survival game. Travel the zombie wasteland as you attempt to rebuild society controlling key locations to manufacture & produce equipment for survival. Forage, Craft and shoot your way to survival from the dead and living.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Third Person 10.6%
- #11 Broken World Restored
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HTF Games Studio
Windows
Play as a military officer tasked with rebuilding civilization by establishing a fortified settlement and recruiting survivors. Explore ruined towns and uncover the truth behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Open World 12.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 12%, Action RPG 11.5%
- #12 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
89% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.1 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: Base Building 23%, Open World 17.5%, Survival 17.3%, Zombies 13%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%
- #13 Deaded
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shaun Touch
Windows
Build your defences, scavenge for loots and survive the zombie infested city saturated with a mysterious fog. Survivors will ask for help but its up to you to save them, or leave them for dead. How long will you survive before you become... Deaded...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Third-Person Shooter 15.9%, Survival 11.5%, Zombies 10.9%
- #14 State of Decay: YOSE
88% matchVery Positive82% of 12,799 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Why similar: Base Building 19.9%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 17.6%, Zombies 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%
- #15 Colonies of The Remnant
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cat Soul StudiosPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic world, found and develop your own colony under the threat of the undead. Be cautious against enemy colonies or form alliances. Engage in action-fueled battles against the undead and other humans using FPS or TPS game modes. Formulate your strategy and survive!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Open World 10.4%, Third-Person Shooter 9.9%
- #16 State of Decay
87% 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: Survival 18.2%, Zombies 17.9%, Open World 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Base Building 11.4%
- #17 Mortal Frame: Reforged in Survival
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shangshi Studio
Windows
"Mortal Frame" is a sci-fi RPG combining open-world exploration and sandbox survival. The player explores a challenging world, gathers resources, crafts gear, captures AI companions, and upgrades modification chips to enhance their abilities, facing powerful foes and uncovering hidden mysteries.
Why similar: Base Building 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Open World 11%, Action RPG 10.1%, Building 10%
- #18 DREADZONE
85% matchMixed51% of 1,171 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: Base Building 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Open World 14.1%, Survival 13%, Co-op 11.2%
- #19 Broken World
84% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Open World 14.9%, Survival 14%, Building 11.8%
- #20 Fargone
84% matchMixed69% of 559 reviews2022
Dev: RedDot Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.1 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: Base Building 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Building 10.7%, Character Customization 10.3%, Survival 10.1%
- #21 Dive Into The Survival
83% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Modak Studio
Windows
[Dive Into The Survival] is a cooperative zombie apocalypse survival game.
Why similar: Base Building 21.1%, Survival 13.1%, Action RPG 12.4%, Third-Person Shooter 11%, Zombies 10.8%
- #22 Lone City
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YangYuanJie
Windows
Lone City is a first/third-person open-world survival shooter. The world is gone—only you, a dog, and a sleek car remain. No missions, no hope. Just ruins, silence, and a flicker of life refusing to die.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 13.1%, Third-Person Shooter 11.7%, Action RPG 9.8%
- #23 Fallout 4
82% matchVery Positive81% of 422,529 reviews2015
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 37.3 hrsMean: 117.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30%, Open World 22.7%, Action RPG 7.4%, Survival 6.1%, FPS 5.7%
- #24 Ares Virus2
81% matchMixed64% of 424 reviews2022
Dev: 热区网络
Windows
The "Ares Virus" series of games is widely acclaimed for its unique combat and individual style of painting. Now that the sequel is back, it will give you an unprecedented experience.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Open World 15.7%, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Action RPG 9.6%
- #25 Pathogen: Code Omega
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Pandemic Forge
Windows
Survive on an island overrun by zombies, destroy infected nests with molotovs to collect samples, and signal for rescue before it’s too late.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, Base Building 22.4%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 10.1%, FPS 9.3%
- #26 War of the Barrenlands
81% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: FutureVisionsGames
Windows
War of the Barrenlands is a multiplayer survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You are in a struggle for survival against machines and other players in an unforgiving wasteland.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 14.4%, Open World 14%, Third Person 12.7%
- #27 Badlands
80% matchMostly Negative21% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: TonyPub: Georges Games LLC
Windows
Badlands is a PVE-focused multiplayer open world sandbox set in a destroyed world. Be a post-apocalyptic scavenger in single player or team up with friends in multiplayer. Fun base building, crafting, and combat.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Open World 13%, Survival 12.5%, Building 11.4%, Third-Person Shooter 10.6%
- #28 HUNKER DOWN
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: munkgames
Windows
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.
Why similar: Base Building 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival 13.1%, Zombies 11.2%, Building 10.9%
- #29 Crow Forest: New World
78% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: FullHead Game
Windows
“Crow Forest: New World” is a new survival game. Explore the world. Create your own weapons and tools. Build your own house and protect yourself from the dangers that could happen.
Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Open World 21.3%, Survival 17.1%, Building 15.2%, Third Person 11.8%
- #30 SurrounDead
77% matchVery Positive92% of 23,544 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.2 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: Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Open World 17.1%, Survival 16.5%, Zombies 15.3%, Base Building 12.2%
- #31 SOS Zombie Survivors
78% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Silvercontrol Studios
Windows
SOS Zombie Survivors follows a group of survivors that fights waves of increasingly aggressive zombies while preparing for a rescue helicopter scheduled for evacuation a rescue point.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Base Building 19.7%, Open World 13%, Building 10%, FPS 9.8%
- #32 FERAN
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andy Games
Windows · Linux
FERAN is a single-player extraction FPS set in a ruined post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge dangerous zones, survive brutal firefights, manage scarce resources and uncover what happened to your unit.
Why similar: Survival 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Open World 11.9%, Zombies 11.8%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #33 Rygrad
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lance GamesPub: Rygrad Studio
Windows
Be Alive, Get Stronger, Dominate!
Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Open World 13.9%, Survival 13.1%, Building 12.6%, Inventory Management 12%
- #34 Decision: Red Daze
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Base Building 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 12.7%, Action RPG 11.5%
- #35 Junk Survivor
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 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: Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Open World 14%, Survival 13.7%, Base Building 13%, Zombies 11.5%
- #36 Swanfield Survival
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RJH Studios
Windows
Swanfield Survival is a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Survival game, with PvE and PvP Elements with Online Co-Op & Multiplayer. You can connect via Dedicated Servers, or host a session with up to 5 friends. Climbing, Swimming, Looting, Crafting, Building, Fishing, Farming are all available from start!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Base Building 13%, Survival 10.3%, Third-Person Shooter 9.8%, Zombies 9.4%
- #37 Lost Flight: Survival
73% matchMostly Negative41% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: WildernessForge Games
Windows
Find yourself stranded on a mysterious, uncharted island after a devastating plane crash. With no signs of rescue, your only goal is to survive
Why similar: Base Building 21.7%, Inventory Management 14%, Survival 13.9%, Third-Person Shooter 12.8%, Open World 9.8%
- #38 Kenshi
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 23.1%, Survival 15.5%, Base Building 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Sandbox 14.3%
- #39 Max Madness
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rodrigo BanzatoPub: TBA
Windows
Enter the world of Max Madness, a post-apocalyptic survival game with RPG and action elements. Navigate a treacherous open world, ravaged by nuclear devastation, where tension and terror lurk around every corner. Forge alliances, confront chaos, and make choices that shape your destiny.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Open World 17.8%, Survival 10.5%, Action RPG 10.3%, FPS 8.9%
- #40 A Silent Desolation
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHK Interactive
Windows
Stranded on post-apocalyptic Earth centuries after humanity's exodus, "A Silent Desolation" is a solo survival game developed by one person. Face dangers, craft, explore, and uncover secrets while repairing a shuttle base to escape.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Base Building 19.1%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 13.7%, Building 10.4%
- #41 Avelia
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Avelia Entertainment
Windows
Delve into a low-poly survival adventure. Craft, build, thrive, breed animals, master fishing, farming, face formidable bosses. Elevate skills with stats, levels, a skill tree. Equip magic, bows, and swords to survive and dominate in a captivating medieval world
Why similar: Action RPG 15.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Third Person 11.9%
- #42 Resttore
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: s4bishii
Windows
Craft, build and upgrade your character as you explore a fantasy open world full of secrets and help its habitants defeat the creatures that brought this place to its end.
Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Inventory Management 15.9%, Open World 15.9%, Building 13.7%, Character Customization 12.9%
- #43 ZombiGON
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: WIK Games Studio
Windows
Build a community of survivors from a zombie apocalypse. Manage survivors' skills and morale to cooperate in surviving disasters. Find food, weapons, medicine, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Survival 16.4%, Zombies 13.7%, Action RPG 12.9%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #44 LandFall Survival
71% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: LastPulse Studio
Windows
Landfall is a thrilling low-poly co-op dungeon crawler and extraction game. Build and upgrade your base, trade with vendors, and team up to explore diverse maps, complete quests, gather loot, and defeat bosses. Gear up, survive, and thrive together in this unique low-poly PvE adventure.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19%, Action RPG 14.7%, Third-Person Shooter 13.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Third Person 11.3%
- #45 Dead Sector: Outbreak
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Outpost17 Games
Windows
Survive a brutal desert wasteland after a devastating outbreak. Scavenge, build, and defend yourself in a hostile open-world filled with ruins, wreckage, and deadly infected.
Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Survival 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Third-Person Shooter 10.5%, Zombies 9.4%
- #46 Monument
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mniszeko
Windows
Monument is a co-op or solo survival game set in a harsh zombie apocalypse. Scavenge, fight, and survive against the undead and dangerous humans. How far will you go to survive?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Survival 9.7%
- #47 Disease Z - Zombie City
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Newba Studios
Windows
On January 14, 2024, what we thought was the common flu turned into something terrible. It's been 6 years since then. You are the last survivor of Z City. Create, Build, Hunt and try to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment.
Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, Open World 14.9%, Third-Person Shooter 13.1%, Survival 12.4%, Building 12.1%
- #48 Veilbound
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snowy Fox
Windows · Linux
Veilbound is a Survival RPG set in a fantasy world inspired by Japanese culture, multiple mythologies, and deep philosophies. Follow Usagi Ginsui as you fight, explore, and uncover the truth behind a realm on the brink of collapse. Can Zentai’s balance be restored?
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Open World 13%, Action RPG 12.2%, Survival 11.9%, Inventory Management 11.6%
- #49 Survivalist
72% matchVery Positive80% of 2,560 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Why similar: Survival 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Zombies 13%, Open World 12.6%
- #50 Why It's Empty Here: The Game
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Damian BakkerPub: Empty Studio
Windows
Action-survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open-world teeming with various creatures. Explore the world devastated by a mysterious virus. Search for supplies, craft weapons, and battle creatures.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Base Building 20%, Open World 13.2%, Third Person 12%, Building 10.9%
- #51 Survive The Island
71% matchMixed53% of 81 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: Action RPG 16.7%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 13%, Building 13%, Survival 11.9%
- #52 iZolated
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Character Customization 13.3%, Open World 12.1%, Inventory Management 10%
- #53 No One Survived
67% matchMixed65% of 7,577 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.9 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 18.9%, Open World 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Zombies 12.3%, Building 9.8%
- #54 Survival Nation
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
An open-world online RPG, survival game designed for VR. In this game, you will kill hundreds of zombies, acquire weapons, learn new skills, craft, explore the world, complete quests, and fight for survival. Choose from three modes: Solo, PVE, and PVP. Will you join a Survival Nation?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Open World 13%, America 13% ★, Survival 11.7%, Action RPG 11.7%
- #55 The Road Behind Us
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amber Lamp Studios
Windows
The Road Behind Us is an urban survival game about about you, your dog, and a dead city. Explore abandoned skyscrapers, rooftops, basements, underpasses, and more. Craft out of a semi truck and take your base with you, or fix up an abandoned building and call it home.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.3%, Survival 16.5%, Sandbox 12%, Base Building 11.1%, Third Person 9.9%
- #56 The Dreamland:Free
67% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: LSLSGames
Windows
This is a role-playing game, which mainly focuses on casual gameplay, such as construction, farming, fishing, and farming, and integrates a variety of combat elements and systems.
Why similar: Base Building 20.5%, Building 15.8%, Action RPG 12.6%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 11.4%
- #57 Forging Master
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Poppy King
Windows
This is a single player horizontal 2D sandbox game. You can change the terrain. The game includes content on analog circuits. You can use an anvil to forge equipment. Some monsters can also change the terrain.
Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Open World 14.5%, Building 12%, Survival 10.9%
- #58 Squad Zero
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Base Building 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Survival 16.6%, Open World 15.7%, Zombies 12.8%
- #59 Enshrouded
64% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Open World 20.5%, Survival 16.5%, Action RPG 10.2%, Building 10%
- #60 Fallout Shelter
67% matchVery Positive88% of 80,218 reviews2017
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Why similar: Base Building 36%, Post-apocalyptic 27.1%, Survival 19.4%, Building 10%, Sandbox 4.6%