- #1 DESOLATE
97% matchMixed67% of 8,009 reviews2019
Dev: NeargaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.5 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 33.4%, Zombies 24.5%, Horror 13.5%, Open World 9.9%, Adventure 4.3%
- #2 Outbreak Island
96% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
Why similar: Survival 19.6%, Zombies 14.5%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Horror 9%
- #3 Mist Survival
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 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 31.7%, Zombies 28.1%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 7.6%, Open World 7.4%
- #4 Miscreated
95% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 31.5%, Zombies 25.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 7.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%
- #5 Next Day: Survival
94% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 40.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Open World 10.6%, Sandbox 7%
- #6 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
93% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Survival 35.8%, Zombies 12.8%, Crafting 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #7 Junk Survivor
92% 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: Zombies 24.3%, Survival 20.6%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
- #8 No One Survived
90% 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 28.8%, Zombies 26.4%, Crafting 13.2%, Open World 7.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%
- #9 LifeZ - Survival
91% matchMixed68% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: iDs Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
Why similar: Zombies 25.8%, Survival 22.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Crafting 8.7%
- #10 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
91% matchMixed50% of 163 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: Zombies 23.7%, Survival 20%, Simulation 11.9%, RPG 11.3%, Crafting 7.9%
- #11 Vorax
89% matchMixed63% of 134 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: Zombies 18.8%, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 9.6%, Horror 7.5%
- #12 Fallen Region
89% matchMixed41% of 185 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 20.8%, Survival 19.6%, Simulation 14.1%, Crafting 9.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #13 DREADZONE
87% 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: Survival 25.5%, Zombies 24.2%, Crafting 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Open World 8%
- #14 Urge
86% matchVery Positive90% of 476 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: Survival 21.2%, Sandbox 15.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Horror 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #15 Survival: Lost Way
86% matchMostly Negative37% of 287 reviews2023
Dev: SimplePlanPub: SimplePlan Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Survival 25.6%, Crafting 18.5%, Simulation 12%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%, FPS 8.1%
- #16 Skopje '83
84% matchMixed69% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Dark-1Pub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
Explore a city thrust into disarray by an unknown event and survive the hordes of mutated abominations that lurk at every corner. You’ll have to fight through enemies & bosses, scavenge loot and survive the hostile city.
Why similar: Zombies 20.8%, Survival 17.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%
- #17 Sunrise: survival
85% matchMixed48% of 526 reviews2017
Dev: Fedorov Ilya & Andrew Konovalov
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
"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: Survival 35.9%, RPG 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Action 8.4%, Adventure 7.9%
- #18 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
83% matchMostly Negative39% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Survival 20.7%, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 12%, RPG 11.8%, Crafting 6.5%
- #19 Gone: Survival
82% 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: Zombies 21.1%, Survival 20%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
- #20 Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
82% matchMixed54% of 899 reviews2019
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.
Why similar: Zombies 24.5%, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 8.8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #21 Savage Lands
81% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Survival 26.6%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 8.1%, RPG 8%
- #22 Unturned
78% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Zombies 20.5%, Survival 18%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #23 Invasion 2037
81% matchMixed60% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Survival 22.8%, Zombies 22.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Adventure 6.5%
- #24 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
79% matchMixed61% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Survival 19.6%, Crafting 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Simulation 10.2%
- #25 Radiation Island
80% matchVery Positive80% of 623 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 34.5%, Zombies 26.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Action 6.5%
- #26 VEIN
74% 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: Zombies 23.9%, Survival 23%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%
- #27 The Day Of Survival
78% matchMixed46% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: xHARDHeMPuS
Windows
The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.
Why similar: Survival 23%, Zombies 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Horror 8.4%, Adventure 8.4%
- #28 Polygeddon
77% matchMixed42% of 64 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 23.6%, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 11.2%, Sandbox 11%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
- #29 One Last Day
79% matchMixed62% of 103 reviews2015
Dev: Bloodwolf Studio
Windows · Mac
[Alpha] Explore, hunt, be hunted, kill, destroy, build... Fight in a colorful, devastated world that everyone is trying to take for themselves. Do it yours, but remember your main goal at the start of the day; try to survive one last day.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Survival 25.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 10.9%
- #30 DayZ
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 456,703 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.6 hrsMean: 272.0 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: Survival 23.8%, Zombies 19.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Simulation 7.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%
- #31 INCUR Survival
76% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Zombies 31%, Survival 23.9%, Crafting 17.7%, Open World 7.3%, Adventure 5.1%
- #32 Shadows Peak
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 341 reviews2017
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Survival 14.2%, FPS 13.6%, Open World 11.9%, Action 10%
- #33 DARKEST DAYS
73% matchMixed49% of 4,678 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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: Zombies 27.7%, Survival 21.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, RPG 9.1%
- #34 State of Decay
75% 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 35.8%, Survival 25.9%, Open World 7.2%, Sandbox 6.3%, Post-apocalyptic 6.3%
- #35 Soviet Survival
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
Why similar: Zombies 26.9%, Survival 22.2%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
- #36 Dead District: Survival
74% matchMixed49% of 465 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 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 21.5%, Zombies 16.9%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 12.2%, FPS 7.9%
- #37 Novus Inceptio
76% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Survival 22.4%, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Simulation 9.7%, RPG 8.3%
- #38 HumanitZ
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,640 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.2 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 24%, Survival 20%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%
- #39 SurvivalZ
73% matchMixed60% of 316 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors! Alone or in groups you will have to survive in a hostile world populated by living dead!
Why similar: Survival 40.2%, Zombies 28.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Action 10.7%, Indie 8.9%
- #40 Invention 3
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Zombies 32.3%, Survival 16.9%, FPS 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Action 8.1%
- #41 Survival Classic
71% matchMixed65% of 347 reviews2021
Dev: TB Games
Windows
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: Survival 22.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
- #42 ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
68% matchVery Positive87% of 195 reviews2025
Dev: Cherrypick GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.
Why similar: Survival 23.9%, Crafting 17.7%, Sandbox 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Horror 11.5%
- #43 Survive the Nights
67% matchMixed66% of 6,335 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 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 27.2%, Survival 21.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, FPS 7.8%
- #44 Zombie Survival Game Online
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
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: Zombies 29%, Survival 23.3%, Crafting 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, FPS 8.8%
- #45 Story Of the Survivor
72% matchMixed61% of 64 reviews2016
Dev: Kamil SzczepanikPub: Akamari Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Story of the Survivor is an action RPG that takes place during a zombie apocalypse. Surviving isn't going to be easy, and zombies aren't the only things to worry about. You must also eat and drink to survive as well as avoid other survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 22%, Survival 18.6%, RPG 13.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Simulation 8.8%
- #46 ZED ZONE
67% matchVery Positive80% of 3,539 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Zombies 23.6%, Survival 19.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%
- #47 SurrounDead
66% 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: Zombies 37.2%, Survival 28.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Open World 8.6%, RPG 6.3%
- #48 LIFE EFFECT Survival
66% matchVery Positive89% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 26.4%, Survival 21.5%, Crafting 16.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, FPS 8.9%
- #49 Reign Of Kings
70% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Survival 34.8%, Crafting 22%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 10.6%, RPG 5.9%
- #50 Jaws Of Extinction™
71% matchMixed54% of 386 reviews2019
Dev: Blood Eater GamesPub: Forthright Entertainment
Windows
The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.
Why similar: Zombies 27.3%, Survival 24.9%, RPG 11.8%, Simulation 11.2%, Adventure 6.5%
- #51 State of Decay: YOSE
68% 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: Zombies 35.2%, Survival 27.6%, Open World 7.8%, Post-apocalyptic 6.2%, Sandbox 4.9%
- #52 Dead Matter
70% matchMostly Negative21% of 882 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: Zombies 23.8%, Survival 18.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%
- #53 V1RUZ
69% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Polyverse GamesPub: Polyverse Studio
Windows
In V1RUZ, you see yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic in the USA. Learn how to craft weapons, tools and fight against the living and the dead to survive in this cruel, rotting world.
Why similar: Simulation 30%, RPG 27.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Action 15.2%, Indie 11.8%
- #54 Woodlands
71% matchMostly Negative29% of 295 reviews2017
Dev: Acuze Interactives
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Survive. Build shelter. Build a fire. Scavenge and kill for materials. Craft. Eat and drink. Do what you need to do to survive.
Why similar: Survival 42.4%, Indie 16.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Action 13.8%, Horror 13.2%
- #55 Chernobylite Complete Edition
66% matchVery Positive82% of 15,165 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Survival 25.8%, Crafting 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Horror 11.3%, RPG 10.5%