- #1 Miscreated
97% 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: Open World Survival Craft 47.9% ★, Survival 15.5%, Open World 8.3%, Post-apocalyptic 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar post-apocalyptic atmosphere with a strong focus on multiplayer survival and exploration.
- #2 DayZ
96% 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 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Open World 11.2%, Massively Multiplayer 8.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive hardcore survival experience that mirrors the scavenging and tension of the seed game.
- #3 Deadside
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,013 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 38.5% ★, Survival 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Open World 8.6%, FPS 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that emphasizes tactical combat and realistic open-world exploration.
- #4 7 Days to Die
95% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Open World Survival Craft 38.7% ★, Survival 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Open World 8.9%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep crafting and base-building with intense zombie survival mechanics in a fully destructible world.
- #5 Rust
94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Survival 23.4%, Open World 9.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Crafting 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for open-world survival, focusing heavily on crafting, base building, and player-versus-player conflict.
- #6 SCUM
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 44.6% ★, Survival 14.6%, Open World 10.1%, Massively Multiplayer 7.9%, Crafting 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep survival simulation with complex mechanics set in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic open world.
- #7 Hurtworld
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.3% ★, Survival 19.4%, Open World 9.7%, FPS 7%, Multiplayer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced survival game that balances crafting and combat in a harsh, unforgiving environment.
- #8 Mist Survival
92% 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: Open World Survival Craft 48.9% ★, Survival 22.4%, Open World 11.1%, Zombies 7.5%, Crafting 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a focused single-player survival experience centered on scavenging and defending against environmental threats.
- #9 Subsistence
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.6% ★, Survival 16.6%, Open World 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Crafting 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game with a strong emphasis on base building and long-term resource management.
- #10 Survive the Nights
89% 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Zombies 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Prioritizes realistic survival mechanics and base fortification against zombie hordes.
- #11 Unturned
90% 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: Survival 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Open World 11.4%, Massively Multiplayer 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet deep multiplayer survival game that features zombies and extensive crafting systems.
- #12 Next Day: Survival
91% 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 33.7%, Open World 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Multiplayer 12%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a similar post-apocalyptic aesthetic and focus on multiplayer survival in a ruined landscape.
- #13 XERA: Survival
89% matchMixed66% of 7,888 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 40.2% ★, Survival 13%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, Open World 7.6%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A PvP-focused survival game that incorporates looting and extraction mechanics in a dangerous open world.
- #14 The Forest
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 665,921 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Open World Survival Craft 58.7% ★, Survival 18.8%, Open World 9.5%, Crafting 5%, Building 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a tense survival experience with a heavy focus on building defenses against hostile threats.
- #15 Out of Reach
88% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50% ★, Survival 15.9%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 6%, Crafting 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a hostile environment.
- #16 GRAV
87% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.7% ★, Survival 17%, Open World 10.2%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Crafting 5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that blends base building with exploration in a sci-fi setting.
- #17 Savage Lands
85% 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: Open World Survival Craft 53.6% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 8.8%, Multiplayer 5.7%, Crafting 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a harsh, fantasy-inspired survival world that requires constant crafting and adaptation.
- #18 Reign Of Kings
86% 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: Open World Survival Craft 49.7% ★, Survival 15.9%, Open World 10.2%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Crafting 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes building and faction-based combat in a medieval setting.
- #19 Conan Exiles
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Survival 20.4%, Open World 11.9%, Crafting 6.2%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive open-world survival game that emphasizes building, crafting, and combat in a brutal setting.
- #20 Fragmented
84% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
Dev: Above and Beyond Technologies
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 55.8% ★, Survival 16.7%, Open World 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Crafting 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and crafting in a hostile alien world with persistent multiplayer elements.
- #21 Novus Inceptio
82% 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: Open World Survival Craft 47.6% ★, Survival 15.3%, Open World 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%, Crafting 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game with a focus on crafting and long-term world development.
- #22 Nomad
82% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.3% ★, Survival 15.9%, Open World 8%, Multiplayer 8%, Zombies 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on exploration and resource management.
- #23 Rem Survival
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.4% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 6.9%, Massively Multiplayer 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival game that emphasizes crafting and base building in an open world.
- #24 CastleMiner Z
80% matchVery Positive81% of 11,088 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 48.7% ★, Survival 15%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Open World 6.6%, Zombies 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic voxel-based survival game that focuses on fighting off waves of zombies.
- #25 The Fifth Day
81% matchMostly Negative37% of 940 reviews2014
Dev: Touz
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The Fifth Day is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in the time after mankind's extinction to the machines that it created. Your role, as one of these machines, is to survive in the hostile world left behind by man.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Survival 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Open World 9.4%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on the struggle for resources in a ruined world.
- #26 Hide & Hold Out - H2o
79% matchMixed54% of 630 reviews2016
Dev: Red Abyss Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.8% ★, Survival 15.1%, Massively Multiplayer 7.3%, Open World 6.4%, Multiplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that emphasizes action and base building in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #27 Will To Live Online
77% 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Survival 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Open World 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #28 Sunrise: survival
78% 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 33.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Massively Multiplayer 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie survival experience that offers a simple, focused take on the genre.
- #29 Zombie Survival Game Online
75% 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: Open World Survival Craft 39.6% ★, Survival 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Open World 7.2%, Crafting 6.3%
- #30 Survival: Lost Way
75% 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 28.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Crafting 13.4%, FPS 9.9%
- #31 Project Zomboid
73% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Open World Survival Craft 37.2% ★, Survival 20.5%, Open World 9.7%, Zombies 7.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%
- #32 Stranded Deep
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 47,062 reviews2022
Dev: Beam Team GamesPub: Beam Team Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 54.7% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 8%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Crafting 5.4%
- #33 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 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Massively Multiplayer 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Open World 9.3%
- #34 Survival Classic
74% 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 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Open World 13.4%, Massively Multiplayer 8.9%, FPS 8.8%
- #35 SurrounDead
70% 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.2% ★, Survival 23.1%, Open World 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Zombies 11.4%
- #36 Crushed
73% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Survival 13.5%, Open World 9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.1%, FPS 5.3%
- #37 Plains of Pain
70% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.8% ★, Survival 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Open World 9%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #38 Digger Online
72% matchMixed49% of 17,911 reviews2015
Dev: DiggerGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Sanbox multiplayer building game with additional game mods
Why similar: Survival 26.5%, Open World 16.7%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Zombies 8%, Crafting 5.9%
- #39 Urge
69% 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: Open World Survival Craft 47.8% ★, Survival 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Open World 8.7%, Crafting 6.4%
- #40 Shadows of Kurgansk
72% matchMixed66% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!
Why similar: Survival 35.8%, Zombies 12.8%, Crafting 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #41 Force of Nature
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 53.7% ★, Survival 16.1%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 7.8%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #42 DeadPoly
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Open World Survival Craft 42.1% ★, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Multiplayer 7%, Zombies 6.5%
- #43 No One Survived
66% 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 28.9%, Open World 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Zombies 10%
- #44 How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
71% matchMixed57% of 1,258 reviews2015
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Open World Survival Craft 44.3% ★, Survival 21.1%, Zombies 8.8%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #45 Polygeddon
67% 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: Survival 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Open World 13.2%, Zombies 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #46 DESOLATE
69% 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 46.5%, Open World 29%, Zombies 12.9%, First-Person 3.8%, Crafting 2.6%
- #47 INCUR Survival
67% 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: Open World Survival Craft 49.1% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 9.3%, Zombies 7.1%, Crafting 6.9%
- #48 Andarilho
68% matchMixed66% of 1,295 reviews2020
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.8% ★, Survival 14%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Open World 9.3%, Crafting 6.6%
- #49 Better Late Than DEAD
71% matchMostly Negative28% of 909 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems.
Why similar: Survival 37.3%, Open World 18.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Zombies 6.3%
- #50 How to Survive
68% matchVery Positive83% of 17,095 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“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: Open World Survival Craft 41.9% ★, Survival 22.6%, Zombies 9.8%, Crafting 7%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #51 Gone: Survival
69% 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: Survival 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Open World 12.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #52 Survival Machine
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.2% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 9%, Crafting 6.8%, Multiplayer 6%
- #53 Taora : Survival
65% matchMixed63% of 395 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.8% ★, Survival 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 7.2%
