Games Like SurrounDead

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 31.1%, Survival 21.4%, Open World 18.6%, Base Building 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares SurrounDead’s loop of roaming an open zombie world for supplies, fighting off the undead, and steadily improving a home base for long-term survival.

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 26.2%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 14.1%, Open World Survival Craft 13.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a very similar zombie survival sandbox with looting, base-building, vehicles, and a big map that rewards careful exploration.

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 28.1%, Survival 23.2%, Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Open World 15.9%, Base Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest matches for its singleplayer-first open-world scavenging, crafting, shelter building, and constant pressure from infected threats.

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 29.2%, Survival 23.5%, Open World 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Co-op 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its detailed survival systems, open-world zombie setting, and focus on building up a safe shelter make it a strong alternative to SurrounDead.

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 30%, Survival 21.9%, Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Open World 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is deeper and harsher, but the looting, base fortification, and relentless zombie survival sandbox are extremely aligned with SurrounDead’s core appeal.

'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 27.4%, Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Open World 14.7%, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines open-area exploration, gathering, crafting, and fortifying against zombie attacks in a way that scratches a very similar survival itch.

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 34.3%, Survival 21%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Open World 19%, RPG 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although it uses a top-down view, it nails the same lonely scavenging, zombie-infested exploration, and base-upgrade survival feel.

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 27.1%, Survival 19%, Open World 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Base Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more hardcore, but its open-world zombie survival, vehicle use, scavenging, and emergent sandbox play are very much in SurrounDead’s lane.

DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

Why similar: Zombies 22.2%, Open World Survival Craft 17% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Survival 13.3%, Loot 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a lighter, low-fi zombie survival sandbox centered on looting, crafting, and building, which makes it a natural match for SurrounDead fans.

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 24.9%, Survival 19.7%, Open World Survival Craft 17.8% ★, Open World 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: If you like surviving, scavenging, crafting, and building defenses in a zombie-ravaged world, this is one of the strongest fits on Steam.

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 35.7%, Survival 20.4%, Open World 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Base Building 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its mix of solo scavenging runs, zombie combat, and home-base management makes it feel very close in spirit despite its older design.

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 37.9%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 15.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Third-Person Shooter 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers singleplayer zombie survival with scavenging, exploration, and securing defensible spaces in a collapsing world.

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 29.4%, Open World 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Survival 15.2%, Open World Survival Craft 10% ★

Why You'll Like It: While more cinematic and action-driven, it still delivers open-world zombie survival, scavenging, crafting, and dangerous exploration in a post-apocalyptic 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: Zombies 28.1%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Survival 16.5%, Shooter 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes slow, methodical scavenging and fortifying safe places against the nightly zombie threat, much like SurrounDead’s survival rhythm.

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

Why You'll Like It: The original still captures the same rewarding rhythm of supply runs, zombie clear-outs, and growing a safe foothold in a dead world.

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 Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Open World 15.9%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its blend of scavenging, survival systems, base-building, and surviving among the infected makes it a strong systems-heavy alternative.

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 26.8%, Survival 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Open World 15.6%, Shooter 6%

Why You'll Like It: It is far more multiplayer-focused, but the tense looting, open-world survival, and ever-present zombie danger line up well with SurrounDead’s atmosphere.

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 25.9%, Open World Survival Craft 25.2% ★, Survival 19.2%, Open World 18.5%, Third Person 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its hardcore survival mechanics, large open world, crafting, base-building, and undead threats make it a solid pick if you want a deeper sandbox.

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 32.6%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Open World 15%, Survival 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is more action-heavy and parkour-focused, but the first-person zombie exploration, scavenging, and crafting will feel familiar.

Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.

Why similar: Zombies 32.2%, Open World 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Survival 14.8%, Co-op 7%

Why You'll Like It: This expands the open-world zombie looting and survival formula with more progression and traversal, even if it is less survival-sim oriented.

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 32.8%, Survival 21.8%, Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Open World 11.1%, Base Building 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its crafting-heavy zombie survival and camp-building progression echo SurrounDead’s resource-gathering and survival appeal, just in a more structured format.

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 48.2%, Open World 19.6%, Survival 18.5%, Co-op 7.3%, First-Person 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person zombie combat, looting, and crafting make it a good pick if you enjoy SurrounDead’s scavenging-and-fighting side most.

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 43.2%, Survival 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Shooter 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is run-based rather than fully open-world, yet its scavenging, crafting, and bleak solo zombie survival are very close in tone.

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 28.2%, Survival 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Open World 15.9%, Shooter 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its blocky style, it is packed with open-world zombie survival, base-building, scavenging, and exploration systems.

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 28.5%, Survival 21.2%, Open World 19.5%, Loot 10.2%, Base Building 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is lighter and less lethal, but the solo post-apocalyptic exploration, gathering, crafting, and gradual world mastery fit the same broad fantasy.

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 48.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Co-op 13%, PvE 5.3%, First-Person 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is a slicker, more action-forward zombie looter, but it still delivers the same basic pleasure of exploring dangerous zones for gear and supplies.

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: Open World Survival Craft 22.5% ★, Survival 20.7%, Open World 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Base Building 11.1%

Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.

Why similar: Zombies 44.8%, Survival 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Third-Person Shooter 9.6%, PvE 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers tense zombie looting and survival in a dangerous open environment, though it leans more online and instance-based than SurrounDead.

Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Survival 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Open World 16.1%, Loot 13.3%, Base Building 9%

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 51.6%, Survival 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, RPG 5.2%, Open World 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a slower RPG take on zombie survival that still centers on scavenging runs, shelter management, and making hard survival decisions.

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: Open World 20.7%, Survival 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Zombies 15.5%, Shooter 5%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes open-world zombie survival shooting with crafting and base elements, though its MMO structure makes it a looser match than the others.

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 46.5%, Open World 17.1%, Open World Survival Craft 13.5% ★, Survival 11.5%, Co-op 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more arcade-style open-world zombie scavenger, but it still captures the fun of roaming, looting, and improvising against hordes.

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 28.9%, Open World 17.7%, Survival 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Base Building 6.9%

Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.

Why similar: Survival 35.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Loot 17.4%, Shooter 7.6%, PvE 6.4%

Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Open World Survival Craft 19.6% ★, Survival 14.4%, Open World 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%

MISERY is a 1–10 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: Survival 19%, Open World Survival Craft 18.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Open World 15.1%, Base Building 9.2%

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 23.6%, Survival 18.2%, Open World 17%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Base Building 10.8%

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 29.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Survival 18%, Open World 15.8%, Base Building 6.8%

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 22.7%, Survival 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Open World 14.5%, Base Building 9.9%

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 24.1%, Open World Survival Craft 18.3% ★, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Open World 10.9%

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 49.5%, Survival 21.9%, Open World 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 4.9%, RPG 1.9%

The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.

Why similar: Zombies 46.1%, Survival 22.6%, Open World 19%, Shooter 3.7%, Co-op 2.6%

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

Why similar: Zombies 26.1%, Survival 17.8%, Open World Survival Craft 13.2% ★, Open World 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%

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 27.7%, Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%, Base Building 7.6%

Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!

Why similar: Zombies 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Open World 13.8%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 9%

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Zombies 28.9%, Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Survival 18%, Open World 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%

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 27.8%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 12.1%, Open World Survival Craft 11% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%

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

Why similar: Zombies 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 13.5%, Base Building 9.4%

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: Open World Survival Craft 27.5% ★, Zombies 22.5%, Survival 20.6%, Open World 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%

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 24.6%, Open World Survival Craft 17.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Survival 14.1%, Open World 13.5%

Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.

Why similar: Zombies 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 15.2%, Base Building 11.1%

SurrounDead Poly Construction is an open-world survival adventure game where players will solve puzzles, collect items, and defeat all enemies to reach the end.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19%, Base Building 14.3%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 12.3%, Third-Person Shooter 11%

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 27%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 15.2%, Base Building 8.5%

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 30.3%, Survival 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Open World 13%, Loot 7.5%

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 29.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Survival 16.5%, Open World 15.5%, Co-op 5.4%

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: Open World Survival Craft 31.1% ★, Survival 22.9%, Open World 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Zombies 11.2%

Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Survival 19.9%, Open World 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%

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 30.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Open World 13.7%, Survival 10.7%, Third-Person Shooter 7.2%

Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.2%, Survival 36.4%, Zombies 12.6%, Shooter 4.4%, PvE 1.5%