- #1 NEO Scavenger
97% matchVery Positive90% of 5,410 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Roguelike 11.8%, Crafting 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore turn-based survival roguelike that shares the same focus on scavenging, crafting, and dangerous exploration in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #2 Dead Age
96% matchVery Positive82% of 5,605 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 28.1%, Survival 13.5%, Turn-Based 9.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based combat with zombie survival mechanics and narrative choices that directly impact your party's survival.
- #3 Dead State: Reanimated
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,562 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 35.9%, Survival 18.9%, Turn-Based 11.5%, RPG 6.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based zombie survival RPG that emphasizes base management and difficult choices during the apocalypse.
- #4 Stoneshard
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,466 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Survival 12.1%, Roguelike 12%, Turn-Based 11.2%, RPG 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging turn-based roguelike that captures the gritty, unforgiving nature of survival and resource management.
- #5 Wayward
94% matchVery Positive86% of 1,366 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.2% ★, Survival 14.8%, Roguelike 10.6%, Crafting 9.3%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, open-world survival roguelike that emphasizes crafting and exploration in a harsh, procedurally generated environment.
- #6 Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
94% matchVery Positive87% of 539 reviews2023
Dev: CleverRavenPub: KorGgenT
Windows · Linux
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 23.1%, Survival 14.9%, Roguelike 12.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive turn-based survival simulation that offers unparalleled depth in crafting, combat, and world interaction.
- #7 Wanna Survive
93% matchVery Positive93% of 304 reviews2019
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.
Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Survival 13.7%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based strategy game that focuses on zombie-survival combat and positioning in a hostile environment.
- #8 Zafehouse Diaries 2
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Survival 12.1%, Turn-Based 11.4%, Roguelike 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique turn-based management game where you must coordinate survivors and secure safe houses during a zombie outbreak.
- #9 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,336 reviews2021
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Zombies 30%, Survival 12.8%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Roguelike 8%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with deeper party management and turn-based combat in a zombie-infested world.
- #10 Card Survival: Tropical Island
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,044 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Survival 20.5%, Crafting 13%, Turn-Based 10.6%, Roguelike 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed survival simulation that uses a card-based interface to manage hunger, thirst, and crafting.
- #11 Infectonator: Survivors
91% matchMixed67% of 1,161 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"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 39.2%, Survival 20.4%, Roguelike 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game that uses turn-based mechanics to manage a group of survivors against the undead.
- #12 Death Road to Canada
89% matchVery Positive93% of 10,482 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 45.6%, Survival 19.5%, Roguelike 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, RPG 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A zombie-themed roguelike that features turn-based combat elements and constant resource-management pressure.
- #13 Project Zomboid
89% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 27.2% ★, Zombies 22.5%, Survival 17.9%, Open World 9.8%, Sandbox 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: While real-time, it is the gold standard for deep, systemic zombie survival that matches the intensity of Terminus.
- #14 Convoy
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,464 reviews2015
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
Why similar: Roguelike 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Strategy 10.6%, RPG 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelike that focuses on vehicle-based survival and resource management across a dangerous wasteland.
- #15 SKYHILL
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,747 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 26.2%, Zombies 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Roguelike 13.8%, Crafting 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival roguelike that forces you to descend a dangerous hotel floor by floor while managing health and hunger.
- #16 Z Dawn
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Survival 15.2%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Zombies 13.4%, Crafting 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that tasks you with managing a group of survivors and scavenging for resources in a zombie apocalypse.
- #17 Duskers
86% matchVery Positive90% of 2,790 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Survival 33.4%, Roguelike 27.5%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 13.8%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A command-based survival game that uses turn-like logic to explore derelict ships while managing limited resources.
- #18 SurrounDead
84% matchVery Positive91% of 26,489 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.7 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: Zombies 28.9%, Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Survival 18%, Open World 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that provides a sandbox experience for scavenging and base building.
- #19 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
85% matchVery Positive81% of 1,014 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Why similar: Zombies 24.8%, Survival 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Open World 9.8%, Gore 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival adventure game that focuses on crafting, exploration, and making difficult choices to survive the undead.
- #20 The Last Stand: Aftermath
83% matchVery Positive81% of 6,743 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 42.4%, Survival 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Adventure 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival game that captures the desperate atmosphere of scavenging for supplies in a zombie-filled world.
- #21 Subterrain
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,398 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Open World Survival Craft 26.2% ★, Survival 19.9%, Zombies 16.6%, Crafting 11%, Open World 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes resource management and environmental hazards in a sci-fi setting.
- #22 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
82% matchVery Positive85% of 10,540 reviews2018
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 17.7%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style turn-based RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that prioritizes survival and exploration.
- #23 Mist Survival
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 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 33.7% ★, Zombies 20.6%, Survival 18.5%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on base building and defending against the undead in an open world.
- #24 Dustland Delivery
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,276 reviews2024
Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Zombies 15.1%, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy survival game that requires careful planning and resource allocation to survive the wasteland.
- #25 Dread Dawn
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,259 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 35.1%, Survival 19.8%, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 13.2%, Exploration 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes exploration and sandbox mechanics in a zombie-infested city.
- #26 Frozen State
82% matchMixed64% of 549 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Survival 18.2%, Zombies 17.7%, Crafting 8.6%, Open World 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that focuses on scavenging and combat in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.
- #27 HumanitZ
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Zombies 20.4%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 9.8%, Crafting 8.6%
- #28 Survivalist
81% matchVery Positive80% of 2,569 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 22.3%, Open World Survival Craft 18.6% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RPG that combines base building, combat, and social management in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #29 UnReal World
80% matchVery Positive94% of 1,370 reviews2016
Dev: Sami Maaranen (creator)Pub: Enormous Elk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Survival 12.5%, Turn-Based 10.5%, Roguelike 10.4%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: A legendary turn-based survival roguelike that offers the most realistic wilderness survival experience available.
- #30 ZED ZONE
78% matchVery Positive81% of 3,661 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 22.8%, Survival 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #31 Junk Survivor
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
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 26.5%, Survival 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Open World 12.9%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes scavenging and crafting to endure a post-apocalyptic world.
- #32 7 Days to Die
74% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 29% ★, Zombies 19.3%, Survival 16.6%, Open World 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%
- #33 Urban Strife
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 666 reviews2026
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Survival 13.7%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #34 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
73% matchVery Positive89% of 9,529 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
Why similar: Zombies 43.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Crafting 21.1%, Horror 12.6%
- #35 Winter Survivor Protocol
73% matchMixed69% of 189 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Zombies 34.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Open World 16.2%, Survival 10%, RPG 9.6%
- #36 How to Survive 2
76% matchMixed69% of 11,014 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Open World Survival Craft 31.2% ★, Zombies 26.6%, Survival 19.2%, Open World 8%, Crafting 7.3%
- #37 Zafehouse: Diaries
77% matchMixed68% of 443 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
Why similar: Zombies 34.4%, Survival 19.3%, Turn-Based 13%, Strategy 9.3%, RPG 8%
- #38 Zelter
76% matchMixed47% of 1,975 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!
Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Survival 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Open World 10.4%
- #39 No One Survived
72% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 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: Zombies 25%, Survival 21.8%, Open World 14.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%
- #40 iZolated
74% matchMixed70% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
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 14.8%, Open World Survival Craft 14.4% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Open World 9%
- #41 30 days to survive
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: HeXPub: Laush Studio
Windows
"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Zombies 19%, Survival 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Crafting 9.2%
- #42 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 741 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Survival 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, RPG 10.6%
- #43 Survival Log
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,723 reviews2026
Dev: Midnight WorkshopPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.
Why similar: Zombies 30.9%, Survival 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Crafting 11.5%, Exploration 6.5%
- #44 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
72% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 29.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Open World 11.8%
- #45 Herd is Coming
73% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"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: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Open World 9.6%
- #46 Decision: Red Daze
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 896 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 33.7%, Survival 22.4%, Open World 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, RPG 8.2%
- #47 Outbreak Island
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,082 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Magicians
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Survival 18.1%, Zombies 16.7%, Sandbox 14.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%
- #48 Radiation Island
70% matchVery Positive81% of 638 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 43.9% ★, Survival 18.5%, Zombies 17.9%, Open World 7.2%, Crafting 5.3%
- #49 Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 905 reviews2024
Dev: DAWINSTONE
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Zombies 22%, Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Open World 11%
- #50 Deadly Flare
69% matchMixed55% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Green Grass Games
Windows
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33% ★, Zombies 15.3%, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 9.5%
- #51 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
71% matchMixed50% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Mehan Games
Windows
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 28.7%, Survival 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Open World 11%, RPG 9.3%
- #52 LifeZ - Survival
70% matchMixed68% of 240 reviews2018
Dev: iDs Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Zombies 20.2%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 6.4%, Crafting 5.7%
- #53 ZIC: Survival
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Zombies 17.6%, Sandbox 12%, Survival 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
- #54 Walking Zombie 2
67% matchVery Positive87% of 13,297 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Zombies 19%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #55 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: Black AnchorPub: Webzen
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.
Why similar: Zombies 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Survival 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #56 Lost Scavenger
69% matchMixed53% of 245 reviews2022
Dev: Rockbee
Windows
How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.
Why similar: Survival 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.5%
- #57 Pandemic Train
68% matchMixed59% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
Windows
In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Survival 24.1%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Roguelike 13%
- #58 1 Bit Survivor
66% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Chaz Acheronti
Windows
1 Bit Survivor is a unique blend of turn-based combat and survival horror! Carefully manage your resources to solve procedurally generated combat puzzles. Survive 28 Days and save your Pet Cat from the Zed-pocalpyse!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Zombies 18.6%, Roguelike 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%
- #59 ZERO Sievert
64% matchVery Positive85% of 15,372 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 30.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Open World 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Exploration 6.8%