Games Like Survivalist

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 21% ★, RTS 13.1%, Base Building 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Survival 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it refines the community management and open-world survival mechanics that defined the original game.

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 22.9%, Survival 21%, Open World Survival Craft 15.6% ★, Open World 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers the most comprehensive simulation of zombie survival, focusing on realistic needs, base fortification, and long-term community management.

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 24.9%, Survival 21.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Open World 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at the same community-focused zombie survival loop, tasking players with managing a base and the morale of their survivors.

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 21.5%, Open World 18.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Base Building 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides unparalleled freedom in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where your choices and character development dictate your survival.

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 18.9%, Survival 18.8%, Open World Survival Craft 16.2% ★, Base Building 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a robust combination of voxel-based base building and intense zombie survival combat in an open world.

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 43.5%, Survival 26.6%, RPG 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%, Strategy 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the community management and moral dilemma aspects of Survivalist within a turn-based tactical framework.

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 21.4%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a satisfying open-world exploration experience where destroying the environment is key to gathering resources for survival.

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 31%, Survival 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Sandbox 13%, RPG 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply complex survival RPG that offers unmatched depth in crafting, world interaction, and post-apocalyptic simulation.

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 28%, Survival 19.7%, Open World 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Open World Survival Craft 10.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated open-world zombie survival game that emphasizes scavenging and base defense in a post-apocalyptic setting.

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 51.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Crafting 10%, Strategy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the emotional weight of survival and the necessity of making difficult moral choices to protect a group of civilians.

A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

Why similar: Survival 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 24%, Base Building 20.6%, Strategy 8.5%, RPG 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the management of a bunker and the survival of your faction, mirroring the core loop of the seed game.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Survival 38.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Crafting 10.7%, RPG 8.1%, Open World 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival RPG that emphasizes scavenging, crafting, and the consequences of every decision in a hostile wasteland.

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 19.7%, Survival 15.1%, Open World Survival Craft 11.9% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Open World 9%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game focuses on cooperative play and the struggle to rebuild in a world overrun by zombies.

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Base Building 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines base building with tactical combat, focusing on managing a group of survivors against demonic threats.

MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

Why similar: Survival 23.3%, Zombies 22.5%, Open World Survival Craft 20.9% ★, Open World 10.8%, Base Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends survival, crafting, and base building with a focus on protecting your home from both zombies and human threats.

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 22.1%, Open World Survival Craft 18.2% ★, Survival 17.3%, Open World 8.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that focuses on scavenging and strategic decision-making to reach a safe haven.

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 25.6%, Survival 21.3%, Open World Survival Craft 17% ★, Open World 7.3%, Base Building 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action survival game that focuses on crafting and base building in a zombie-infested world.

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% ★, Survival 19.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and exploring a sandbox environment.

Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!

Why similar: Zombies 50.7%, Survival 25.2%, Co-op 7.8%, RPG 6.4%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the chaotic, choice-driven nature of a zombie road trip with a strong emphasis on managing character relationships.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Survival 27%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Sandbox 14.2%, Open World 11.9%, RPG 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style post-apocalyptic RPG that emphasizes exploration, dialogue, and tactical combat in a ruined world.

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 35.7%, Survival 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Crafting 6.5%, Top-Down 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This action-oriented survival game forces players to explore dangerous zones while managing limited resources and infection.

Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

Why similar: Zombies 36.2%, Survival 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, RPG 10.8%, Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that focuses on managing a group of survivors and making choices that impact the story.

You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

Why similar: Zombies 21.9%, Survival 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A accessible yet deep survival game that features base building, crafting, and multiplayer zombie survival.

Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.

Why similar: Zombies 53.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 13.1%, Strategy 6.6%, RPG 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival game that focuses on the harsh realities of managing a group during a zombie apocalypse.

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 43.6%, Survival 26.1%, Strategy 8.8%, RPG 6.5%, Simulation 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy-survival game tasks you with leading a group of survivors through a zombie-infested world.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.5%, Open World 24.1%, RPG 17.1%, Co-op 11.6%, Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based RPG that highlights the consequences of player choices in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.

Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

Why similar: Zombies 40.2%, Survival 22.5%, Strategy 9%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%, Crafting 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game where you manage a team of survivors in a top-down, zombie-filled environment.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.3%, RPG 26.4%, Open World 13.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG that emphasizes survival and exploration in a dangerous, subterranean post-apocalyptic world.

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 23.1%, Zombies 23.1%, Open World 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Crafting 7.9%

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 20.4% ★, Survival 16%, Base Building 10.2%, Open World 10.1%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features deep crafting and building mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 29.8%, Survival 21.4%, Open World 12.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%

Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Survival 25.6%, Zombies 21.1%, Open World 8.3%, Crafting 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure-focused survival game that tasks players with exploring a mysterious, post-apocalyptic island.

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 32.9%, Survival 21.8%, Open World 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Base Building 6.5%

“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 28%, Survival 22.6%, Open World Survival Craft 17.1% ★, Crafting 8%, Co-op 6.4%

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 23.4%, Survival 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Open World 10.7%, Base Building 8.2%

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

Why similar: Zombies 18.7%, Survival 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World 8.8%

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

Why similar: Zombies 20.1%, Open World Survival Craft 17.9% ★, Survival 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Open World 8.9%

"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 20.1%, Survival 14.4%, Open World Survival Craft 14.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Open World 10.1%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 34.4%, Base Building 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Crafting 5.3%, Open World 5.1%

iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!

Why similar: Zombies 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Open World 9.6%

Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.

Why similar: Zombies 18.7%, Survival 12.9%, Open World Survival Craft 11% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Base Building 8.2%

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 26.3%, Survival 22%, Open World Survival Craft 19% ★, Open World 8.1%, Crafting 7.6%

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 20.8%, Open World Survival Craft 19.3% ★, Survival 16.6%, Base Building 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 5.7%

'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 19.7%, Open World Survival Craft 18.7% ★, Survival 13.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Open World 8.9%

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 24%, Survival 18.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%

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: Survival 23.4%, Zombies 19.9%, Open World Survival Craft 15.3% ★, Crafting 7.8%, Open World 7.5%

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Survival 28%, Zombies 20.2%, Open World Survival Craft 18.1% ★, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 9.6%

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 18.8%, Survival 16.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Open World 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9%

The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Survival 15.4%, Zombies 14.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Open World 10.4%

Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.

Why similar: Zombies 22.9%, Survival 17.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Open World 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%

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 21.2%, Survival 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Open World 10.1%, Base Building 9.9%

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 29.4% ★, Survival 22.8%, Open World 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Zombies 8.9%

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 18.2% ★, Zombies 15.6%, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 8.3%

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 24.9%, Survival 17.7%, Open World 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Base Building 9%

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 32.7%, Open World 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Crafting 7.6%

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 21.6%, Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 7.3%

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 18.1%, Survival 17.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Open World 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10%