- #1 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 130,480 reviews2024
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC Game World (worldwide)
Windows
Median: 28.7 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Open World 16.1%, Survival 16%, FPS 13.6%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #2 Survive and Revenge
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: HW72
Windows
Survive and Revenge is an action and survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Driven by revenge, forced to explore and loot to advance and find out what happened to you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 13.1%, FPS 10.9%, Drama 9.6%
- #3 Terminator: Resistance
96% matchVery Positive92% of 18,032 reviews2019
Dev: TeyonPub: Reef Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, FPS 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Open World 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #4 Radiance
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glob Games StudioPub: Duality Games
Windows
Welcome to the tpp simulator of an insane nuclear power plant, in with you have to decide how to prevent a meltdown. Do you deal with the leak or handle an unruly school trip? Catch radioactive rats or isolate radioactive objects? The world has gone crazy and it's time to do something about it!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.5%, Survival 15.9%, First-Person 15.9%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #5 Atomfall
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,854 reviews2025
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Open World 16.9%, Survival 13.2%, FPS 12.7%, First-Person 11.2%
- #6 Metro Exodus
94% matchVery Positive90% of 129,434 reviews2020
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, FPS 14.8%, Open World 13.9%, Survival 13.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #7 Project 9
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amann Games
Windows
Project 9 is a first person shooter in which you'll have to survive in an post-apocalyptic open world. Do you have what it takes to survive in this world? Then dive into the world of Project 9.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27%, FPS 14.4%, Open World 13.7%, Survival 13%, First-Person 8.6%
- #8 DEAD TRAIN
91% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: austin d.Pub: frozenlab
Windows
A zombie survival game that takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. You must manage your food and water carefully because resources are limited. You need to make your way to the end of the railway and back to civilization.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, FPS 16.6%, PvE 12.6%, Open World 11.7%, First-Person 10.4%
- #9 UZG Remastered
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nex
Windows
UZG Remastered is a low-poly, single-player, and round-based zombie shooter. Progress through levels with increasingly harder enemies and upgrade yourself along the way.
Why similar: FPS 21.6%, PvE 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, First-Person 12.4%, 3D 10.1%
- #10 HUNTACORE
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pillarset Games
Windows
HUNTACORE is a dark, action-driven first-person shooter set in a world consumed by mutation. Enter hostile zones, face relentless threats, secure critical resources, and extract before the city claims you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Survival 19.9%, First-Person 16.5%, PvE 12.2%, FPS 9.3%
- #11 Wrong Landing
88% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: BigUpdate Games
Windows
Wrong Landing is free to play survival open world story horror game where you shipwrecked on a deserted island and try to survive the hunger, cold, fear and much more!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, FPS 14%, Survival 12.7%, First-Person 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #12 Diamond Island
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: LIDO GAMES
Windows
Dive into the thrilling world of our First Person Shooter Game, where survival is your only mission. Navigate through intense environments as you hunt for hidden diamonds, each one a step closer to victory
Why similar: Survival 27.8%, Open World 18.1%, FPS 17.1%, PvE 12.6%, First-Person 10%
- #13 SLOMI
87% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Bright Futur
Windows
You are casual pilot of cargo plane, that transporting wheat grain from point A to point B, your job is routine. And once *BOOM* your plane crashed, you landed at mistery land that you need to explore and main thing Survive! Become a truly colonizer and try to escape it, good luck lost soul.
Why similar: Survival 17.6%, FPS 13.1%, Open World 12.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Action 9%
- #14 Apocalypse Island
84% matchMixed41% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Bettini Games
Windows
As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.4%, Survival 23.4%, First-Person 9.1%, 3D 9%, Open World 8.6%
- #15 RAGE
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 18,077 reviews2011
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40%, FPS 24.6%, Open World 13.6%, First-Person 6.9%, Survival 4.2%
- #16 Fallout 4
83% 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 35.3%, Open World 22.6%, FPS 8.6%, Survival 8.4%, First-Person 8.1%
- #17 Deathtouch
81% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: RichoPOV
Windows
DEATHTOUCH is an open-world horror game where exploration leads to hidden secrets—and lurking nightmares. Uncover mysterious locations, navigate eerie environments, and survive terrifying encounters in a world that feels truly alive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Survival 27.7%, Open World 17.4%, 3D 6%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #18 Survive The Forest
82% match1 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: PhantomCore StudioPub: PhantomCore PUBLISHING
Windows
You need to Survive the forest from infected. You need to get resources and survive from infected
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.4%, FPS 21%, Survival 18.1%, First-Person 14.2%, Crafting 8.7%
- #19 Remoteness
81% matchMixed56% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: KR Games
Windows
New York, 2034: you wake up after what seemed to be a terrible nightmare, while it is not. The district has been evacuated and isolated overnight by the army, after an electrical meteor shower hit the Earth. Fight, explore, survive, and try to escape from this hell!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Survival 15.6%, FPS 13.6%, Open World 12.4%, First-Person 11%
- #20 Evade The Light
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AzDimension
Windows
A dark sci-fi FPS focused on intense combat, atmospheric exploration, and uncovering the secrets hidden inside a dangerous anomaly zone.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, FPS 14.9%, Survival 14.4%, Open World 13.5%, First-Person 8.8%
- #21 ASKET
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arhaika
Windows
Go to the vicinity of the “dead city”. A mystical place, full of strange anomalies, wild creatures, rare artifacts and ascetics!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.6%, Survival 18.4%, Open World 17.2%, FPS 15.6%, Atmospheric 8%
- #22 The Road Behind Us
78% 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 35%, Survival 21.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Story Rich 8.9%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #23 Survirus
79% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Team Alman
Windows
"Survirus" is an open-world survival simulator that survives in cities devastated by viruses. How long can you survive in the Apocalypse world, and the virus? Find a mask to survive from the virus, find a weapon to defeat your enemies, and find what you need!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.9%, Open World 22.8%, Survival 22.5%, Indie 10.6%, Adventure 8.2%
- #24 Dead Alone
77% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Nerwy
Windows
Dead Alone is an intense first-person survival shooter set in a dangerous apocalyptic cityscape. In this desolate landscape, your precision in shooting and meticulous resource management will be the key to survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.2%, FPS 21.4%, Survival 17.7%, First-Person 6.3%, Stylized 6%
- #25 Next Day: Survival
77% 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 32.4%, Post-apocalyptic 28.4%, Open World 21%, Crafting 5.8%, PvE 4.5%
- #26 DECAYED
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LIQUIDBULLET Studios
Windows
Taking the place of a Green Beret, you will single-handedly witness the world fall, following the events of a failed search and rescue mission. Barely making it out with your life, you will witness pure chaos unfold, as you soon find yourself within an undead hellscape.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, FPS 12.8%, Military 11.5%, Survival 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #27 Max Madness
76% 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 31.1%, Open World 17.7%, Survival 14.6%, FPS 13.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #28 Byte of the Dead
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Root Code Games LLC
Windows
This is a bite sized zombie apocalypse game. Fight hordes of zombies while rescuing survivors. Construct a base, unlock powerful weapons and create useful items to help you survive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.7%, FPS 21.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 11%
- #29 Erzurum
75% matchMixed40% of 4,947 reviews2021
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Survival 21.5%, Open World 14.6%, FPS 10.4%, First-Person 9.2%
- #30 One Day To Live
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OMFGames
Windows
The entire world is infected. Many have already turned. The booster shots can only hold off the infection for 24 hours at a time now. You only have one day to live, will you survive?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, FPS 19.3%, PvE 14.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Open World 10%
- #31 Quarantine Zombies - Prologue
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stones Games
Windows
Experience the first four days of the Prologue, where FPS action meets quarantine inspection in post-apocalyptic Chicago. You’ve got 30 days until the army arrives. Hold out, fix your car, and fight your way to the main checkpoint to save your younger brother.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, FPS 16.1%, First-Person 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #32 Metro: Last Light Redux
73% matchVery Positive91% of 75,789 reviews2014
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.8%, FPS 17.3%, Survival 12.2%, First-Person 9.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #33 CAPITAL
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FDEnt
Windows
The city is gone. Can you survive? Yuri is a soldier who is on training by C.A.P.I.T.A.L. which is an international military corporation. Can Yuri get out of the capital of Turkey alive and uninfected?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, FPS 15.2%, PvE 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, First-Person 10.7%
- #34 Badlands
72% 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 24.5%, Survival 18.1%, Open World 13.5%, FPS 12.3%, PvE 8.9%
- #35 Nowhere Highway
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laglanz Studio
Windows
Atmospheric Single-player Survival FPS. Explore a post-apocalyptic world one year after a global catastrophe. Uncover the story of a mysterious mountain highway that connects the last remaining patches of life. Explore the world, fight for survival, and push forward along the highway.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.4%, Survival 19.2%, First-Person 15.5%, Open World 11.1%, FPS 9.9%
- #36 RebelZ
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoloNode
Windows
Join the RebelZ and experience intense, action-driven single-player FPS gameplay. Stand against a powerful AI empire and protect the last surviving groups of humanity in a world on the brink of extinction.
Why similar: FPS 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, PvE 15.6%, First-Person 9.8%, 3D 7.6%
- #37 The Glade
72% matchMixed59% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Michael Schade
Windows
The Glade is a beautiful open world survival set on a stylized island which has been struck all over from large and mysterious meteorites creating a bridge for evil creatures from another world to enter and destroy anything in their path.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Survival 17.3%, Open World 16%, First-Person 12.7%, PvE 11.9%
- #38 SuperKraft: Open World Survival Crafting Game
71% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: RedRockGS
Windows
Welcome to "SuperKraft," an immersive 3D survival crafting game! Explore stunning landscapes, hunt animals, and craft powerful tools. Encounter creatures, battle foes, and earn legendary rewards!
Why similar: Survival 16.5%, FPS 13.9%, Open World 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.7%, PvE 10.8%
- #39 Nocturnals: Cacti Coast
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cowboy Toad Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative-driven, choose-your-own-adventure game where a young survivor must make difficult decisions in order to survive the foggy wasteland of Cacti Coast and find a community to call home.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, First-Person 11.6%, Drama 11%
- #40 Midnight Alert
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: J-Tech Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Arming yourself against these creatures doesn’t mean you’re safe from the horrors that lurk around every corner.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22%, FPS 19.3%, Survival 13.5%, First-Person 11.6%, 3D 10.2%
- #41 Vermin
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wishbone Games
Windows
Vermin is a first-person survival horror game about hunting, feeding the heart, and dreaming of death. Trap and hunt mutated creatures, explore a forest in the 1980s soviet union, gather items, craft traps, mutate yourself and maybe... the heart will finally let you die.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Survival 16.2%, FPS 13.1%, Open World 10.3%, First-Person 8.7%
- #42 FLEEING ESCAPE
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skull Drill Studio
Windows
FLEEING ESCAPE is a wave-based survival horror game with an emphasis on the player's choice . At the end of every wave, the player must escape to a different Island to survive. Each island has a unique gamemode, weapons, loot, upgrades, and enemies that can drastically change the gameplay.
Why similar: FPS 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Survival 11.9%, First-Person 11.1%, 3D 8.6%
- #43 SCP: Short Story
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 10th Emerald Studio
Windows
SCP: Short Story is a first-person shooter set in a world where the K-class scenario destroyed almost every living form. You’ll have to get through this dead world, retrieve essential documents from Site-17, and most importantly - do not get killed by what survived.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26%, FPS 19.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, PvE 10%
- #44 Day of the Dino
69% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: Disco Entertainment Studio
Windows
A World War II outbreak awakens prehistoric horrors. Face relentless dinosaur hordes in a wave-based survival shooter where every bullet counts.
Why similar: FPS 18%, Survival 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, PvE 13.8%, First-Person 12.6%
- #45 No Man's Home
66% matchVery Positive87% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: radrunner
Windows
You wander into the dangerous Asran Exclusion Zone. You will have to survive hunger, thirst, dangerous factions, radioactive emissions and the wild life. Remember, this is no man's home and you are not the hero.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Survival 19.1%, FPS 13.7%, Open World 11%, First-Person 8.3%
- #46 Windwalkers: Below the Storm
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Magnetic Dust
Windows
Lead high-risk surface rescue operations across a storm-scarred Earth. Power your rover, tools, and modular pack with limited energy resources as you recover survivors, salvage critical supplies, and help reclaim the world above.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Open World 18.1%, Survival 16.6%, Drama 9%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #47 Bunker Survival
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GIPub: TBA
Windows
People, forced to hide underground due to negative human activities and climate change. In this shattered world, bunkers are the only safe places to stay for more than a few hours. Will you survive?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.1%, Survival 27.1%, First-Person 7.9%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 6%
- #48 Will To Live Online
68% matchMixed69% of 18,150 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Survival 30.7%, Post-apocalyptic 28.7%, Open World 17.3%, FPS 10.1%, First-Person 5.3%
- #49 Survival Instinct
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wenay Studio
Windows
You are the lucky one (or not) who managed to survive the most powerful solar flare in history and then plunge headlong into the permafrost. Can you adapt to the new conditions on Earth without losing your sanity and retaining your humanity?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Survival 16.3%, Drama 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%, PvE 8.1%
- #50 Far Cry® New Dawn
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 34,237 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.8%, Open World 24.2%, FPS 18.8%, First-Person 10.3%, Survival 6.9%
- #51 Metro 2033 Redux
66% matchVery Positive92% of 129,041 reviews2014
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.9%, FPS 17.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Survival 9.3%