Games Like State of Decay

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Zombies 32.9%, Survival 20.8%, Open World 16.7%, Base Building 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive evolution of the original game, refining the community management and base-building mechanics.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Zombies 36.6%, Survival 24.6%, Open World 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%, Sandbox 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unmatched depth in survival simulation, community management, and the brutal reality of a zombie outbreak.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Zombies 30.4%, Survival 22.2%, Open World 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Base Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep base-building and fortification mechanics with intense, wave-based zombie survival gameplay.

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Why similar: Zombies 35.1%, Open World 21.9%, Survival 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Multiplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the third-person open-world zombie apocalypse experience with a strong narrative and horde-based combat.

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Zombies 41.8%, Open World 16.3%, Survival 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Survival Horror 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features fluid parkour movement and visceral combat in a dangerous, zombie-infested open world.

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 31.3%, Survival 17.8%, Open World 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Base Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a top-down perspective on the classic zombie survival loop with robust base-building and scavenging.

Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

Why similar: Zombies 53.8%, Survival 24%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%, RPG 5.2%, Open World 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the community management and difficult decision-making aspects of a zombie outbreak.

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: Zombies 32.7%, Survival 22.3%, Open World 19%, Base Building 9.1%, Sandbox 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a satisfying loop of exploration, destruction, and base-building in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Zombies 33.2%, Survival 21.6%, Open World 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Base Building 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the community building and resource management aspects of surviving a societal collapse.

This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Why similar: Zombies 31.1%, Survival 23%, Open World 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Multiplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the gritty reality of gathering resources and building defenses against persistent zombie hordes.

Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.

Why similar: Zombies 53.3%, Open World 16.6%, Survival 12.2%, Third Person 3.3%, Action 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers large-scale zombie action in a dense, open-world environment.

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 37.4%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Base Building 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that captures the tension of scavenging in a post-apocalyptic world.

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: Zombies 37%, Survival 28.1%, Open World 17.8%, Base Building 7.6%, Sandbox 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A singleplayer-focused survival experience that emphasizes base fortification and environmental hazards.

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Zombies 27.9%, Survival 23.2%, Open World 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Sandbox 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive hardcore multiplayer experience for those who want the most realistic survival simulation.

Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 42.9%, Survival 26.1%, Open World 12.2%, Base Building 5.5%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features crafting and survival mechanics with a primary focus on building a secure base.

From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.

Why similar: Zombies 51.3%, Survival 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Action 2.3%, Adventure 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite approach to the zombie survival genre that emphasizes constant scavenging and exploration.

Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.

Why similar: Zombies 32.4%, Survival 19.1%, Open World 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Sandbox 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: An accessible sandbox survival game that focuses on scavenging and base construction.

'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: Zombies 33.2%, Survival 16.4%, Open World 15.2%, Base Building 9.1%, Sandbox 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on building complex traps and defenses to survive nightly zombie waves in an open world.

London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.

Why similar: Zombies 54.2%, Survival 18.9%, Open World 11.9%, Survival Horror 3.3%, Multiplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: A tense survival-horror experience that emphasizes the permanent loss of characters and resource scarcity.

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 41.1%, Open World 26.6%, Zombies 10.9%, Horror 5%, Sandbox 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the base-building and survival tension of the seed game in a hostile, isolated environment.

Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.

Why similar: Zombies 53%, Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival Horror 4%, Horror 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A more combat-focused zombie experience that emphasizes co-op survival and tactical movement.

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 32.5%, Open World 24.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Survival Horror 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the survival and base-building mechanics of its predecessor in a highly detailed, hostile open world.

Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.

Why similar: Zombies 32.8%, Survival 28.6%, Open World 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 5.9%, RPG 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game that emphasizes resource management and environmental threats in a frozen wasteland.

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Survival 23.4%, Open World 20.9%, Sandbox 7%, Third Person 6%

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed survival simulation that focuses on realistic character needs and environmental interaction.

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 30.3%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Base Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An ambitious open-world survival game that aims to replicate the gritty reality of a zombie outbreak.

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Why similar: Zombies 49.7%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 17.1%, Multiplayer 4.7%, Co-op 3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more action-oriented take on the zombie apocalypse with a focus on visceral melee combat.

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: Survival 25.1%, Open World 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Base Building 13.8%, Sandbox 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled freedom in squad management and base building within a brutal, unforgiving world.

The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.

Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, Survival 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Sandbox 8.8%, RPG 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex simulation of survival in a post-apocalyptic world that inspired many modern zombie titles.

Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 30.7%, Survival 19.3%, Open World 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%, Base Building 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused open-world game that emphasizes exploration and scavenging in a hostile environment.

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 28.9%, Survival 18.6%, Open World 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Base Building 8.3%

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 37.6%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 15.4%, Base Building 7.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.1%

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 32.7%, Survival 17.2%, Open World 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Base Building 6.1%

“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 46.7%, Survival 27.6%, Open World 6.2%, Post-apocalyptic 4.7%, Multiplayer 3.2%

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 38.4%, Survival 18.4%, Open World 13.7%, Base Building 7.6%, Sandbox 6.2%

Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.

Why similar: Zombies 52.3%, Survival 21.3%, Open World 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 3.4%, Multiplayer 2.5%

As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.

Why similar: Open World 60%, Third Person 12.4%, Sandbox 8.5%, Action 8.5%, Third-Person Shooter 3.1%

Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.

Why similar: Zombies 40.5%, Survival 25%, Open World 12.7%, Third Person 5.3%, Multiplayer 3.9%

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: Zombies 32.5%, Survival 27.3%, Open World 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Multiplayer 4.7%

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: Zombies 53.9%, Survival 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.1%, Open World 5.6%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!

Why similar: Zombies 41%, Open World 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival 10.1%, RPG 6.1%

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 31.5%, Survival 16.1%, Open World 14%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Sandbox 5.5%

“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se

Why similar: Zombies 66.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 8.8%, Action 3.4%, Horror 1.3%

In a post-apocalyptic world build and lead your own colony under the constant threat of the undead. Recruit survivors, assign roles and decide how your group survives. Fight enemy colonies or form alliances in FPS or TPS combat.

Why similar: Zombies 28.8%, Survival 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 7%

The Left Behind is a solo and co-op post-apocalyptic survival game. Explore a typical Dutch open-world landscape at daytime and beware of hordes of enemies coming in at night. Loot and hunt to survive. Each night, the game becomes increasingly challenging. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 37.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Open World 13.9%, Survival 11.8%, Third-Person Shooter 6.5%

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 54.9%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 12.8%, Third Person 5.2%, Action 2.5%

The Last Disease Z is a co-op survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.

Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Survival 18.2%, Open World 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Sandbox 6.4%

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: Zombies 23.8%, Survival 21.8%, Open World 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Sandbox 8.3%

A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 74.6%, Survival 14.2%, Action 4.8%, RPG 2.7%, Co-op 1.8%

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: Zombies 33.5%, Survival 30.7%, Open World 24.9%, Horror 4.4%, Action 2.2%

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: Zombies 35.5%, Survival 19.9%, Open World 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Base Building 8.6%

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: Zombies 27.8%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 17%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Base Building 10%

Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world

Why similar: Zombies 27.9%, Survival 17.8%, Open World 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Base Building 8.6%

A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.

Why similar: Zombies 60%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Co-op 6.3%, Horror 4.4%, Multiplayer 3.7%

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

Why similar: Open World 21.4%, Survival 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Third Person 8.4%

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

Why similar: Zombies 57.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival Horror 6.9%, Horror 5.1%, Action 4.7%

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 39.9%, Survival 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Sandbox 8.4%, Multiplayer 5.4%