- #1 The Escapists
97% matchVery Positive90% of 16,161 reviews2015
Dev: Mouldy Toof StudiosPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.7%, Survival 20.6%, Strategy 18%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Crafting 8%
- #2 7 Days to Die
96% 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: Zombies 41.4%, Survival 25.5%, Open World 13%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Strategy 5.7%
- #3 Escape Dead Island
96% matchMixed62% of 1,682 reviews2014
Dev: FatsharkPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.
Why similar: Zombies 58.9%, Survival 16%, Open World 9.5%, Gore 5.8%, Multiplayer 4.2%
- #4 Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 338 reviews2020
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Zombies 81.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Crafting 4.3%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #5 Infectonator: Survivors
94% matchMixed67% of 1,151 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 50%, Survival 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Strategy 9.9%, Indie 3.3%
- #6 The Escapists 2
94% matchVery Positive91% of 33,262 reviews2017
Dev: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Multiplayer 31%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Strategy 18.8%, Open World 10.5%, Crafting 5.4%
- #7 How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
93% 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: Zombies 45.9%, Survival 23.7%, Open World 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Crafting 3.1%
- #8 State of Decay: YOSE
92% matchVery Positive82% of 12,799 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 51.4%, Survival 22.8%, Open World 14.6%, Multiplayer 5.4%, Gore 1.6%
- #9 Project Zomboid
91% 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: Zombies 45.7%, Survival 25.9%, Open World 13%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Crafting 1.9%
- #10 Walking Zombie 2
90% matchVery Positive88% of 13,034 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 41.3%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #11 Dead Pixels
91% matchVery Positive87% of 2,424 reviews2012
Dev: CSR-Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 64.8%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Survival 10.4%, Indie 3.8%, Action 2.1%
- #12 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,312 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 60.5%, Survival 18.5%, Strategy 9.4%, Indie 3.8%, RPG 3.4%
- #13 How to Survive
89% 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: Zombies 52.2%, Survival 26%, Multiplayer 7%, Open World 4.8%, Crafting 3.5%
- #14 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,386 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 41%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Strategy 5.8%
- #15 State of Decay
87% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 54.4%, Survival 22.3%, Open World 14%, Multiplayer 4.3%, RPG 1.5%
- #16 Damned Nation Reborn
88% matchMostly Negative20% of 83 reviews2015
Dev: Sinister
Windows
Blending horror survival/ Building and tower defence elements Damned Nation gives the player more ways to experience the post apocalypse the ever before.
Why similar: Zombies 43.8%, Survival 19%, Open World 12.2%, Strategy 12%, Indie 4.6%
- #17 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
84% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 45.2%, Survival 24.2%, Open World 16%, Multiplayer 10%, Gore 1.5%
- #18 The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
82% matchVery Positive86% of 9,957 reviews2020
Dev: Skydance Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Zombies 44.3%, Survival 17.5%, Gore 6.7%, Strategy 6.5%, Open World 5%
- #19 Survivor Squad
84% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 53.2%, Survival 18.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Indie 4.8%
- #20 Dead Effect 2
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,287 reviews2016
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.Pub: App Holdings
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 49.6%, Survival 18.1%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Gore 4.4%, Horror 4.3%
- #21 Infestation: The New Z
82% matchMixed54% of 33,896 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Why similar: Zombies 52.1%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Shooter 1.9%
- #22 The Walking Dead Onslaught
81% matchMixed48% of 1,157 reviews2020
Dev: Survios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
There’s no rest when survival is on the line. Step into AMC’s The Walking Dead and prepare for an onslaught of walkers as you assume the roles of your favorite characters from the show, and confront the horrors and humanity of this apocalyptic new world.
Why similar: Zombies 68.1%, Gore 9.9%, Indie 4.9%, Shooter 4.5%, RPG 4.3%
- #23 Nearly Dead
81% matchMixed46% of 298 reviews2021
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 42.3%, Strategy 18.1%, Survival 14.1%, Indie 8.7%, RPG 7%
- #24 Zombie Watch
80% matchMixed42% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Wildlak
Windows
Top-down open world single player / survival / RPG game with zombies and wildlife.
Why similar: Zombies 47.6%, Survival 30.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Indie 6.1%, RPG 4.7%
- #25 Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,123 reviews2015
Dev: Still RunningPub: Merge Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn is a challenging, fast paced, 2D survival shooter! Featuring a compelling single player survival mode and cooperative multiplayer for up-to four players, this is one zombie firefight you're not going to want to miss!
Why similar: Zombies 69.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Indie 5.3%, 2D 4.1%
- #26 Dead State: Reanimated
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,543 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.4 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 61.4%, Survival 23.2%, Strategy 5.8%, Open World 3.6%, RPG 3.1%
- #27 Night of the Dead
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'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 45.9%, Survival 19.2%, Open World 14.5%, Multiplayer 12%, Crafting 4.1%
- #28 Zombie Grinder
78% matchMixed67% of 295 reviews2015
Dev: TwinDrills
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cross-platform, cooperative, multiplayer, zombie death-fest. Slaughter your way through many different maps, game modes and enemies - With tons of weapons and customization options!
Why similar: Zombies 60.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Indie 6.6%, RPG 5.3%
- #29 The Walking Dead: Destinies
76% matchMixed43% of 994 reviews2023
Dev: Flux GamesPub: GameMill Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Change the course of AMC’s The Walking Dead history. Fight walkers, relive iconic moments, and change the destiny of The Walking Dead Universe as your choices separate heroes from villains, and the living from the dead. Will you make the same choices as Rick, or will you forge your own path?
Why similar: Zombies 59.2%, Survival 22.6%, Horror 5.2%, Gore 5%, Action 3.9%
- #30 Don't Bite Me Bro! +
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 347 reviews2018
Dev: MUIFWEGO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Don't Bite Me Bro! is a 1-4 Player Couch Co-op open-world zombie apocalypse game. Explore the world for resources, find and save survivors throughout the world, each which become playable characters with unique traits and abilities.
Why similar: Zombies 44.8%, Survival 16.9%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Strategy 11%, Indie 4%
- #31 Flesh Eaters
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: Zombies 61.1%, Indie 13.8%, Survival 11.4%, RPG 4.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #32 Crafting Dead
77% matchMixed57% of 158 reviews2017
Dev: Ferullo Gaming
Windows
Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!
Why similar: Zombies 40.3%, Survival 19%, Open World 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #33 Radiation Island
75% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Zombies 40.5%, Survival 30.4%, Open World 11.1%, Multiplayer 5.2%, Indie 4%
- #34 Gone: Survival
75% 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: Zombies 40.7%, Survival 21.9%, Open World 13.4%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Crafting 4.3%
- #35 Zelter
74% matchMixed48% of 1,968 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 53.4%, Survival 24.2%, Open World 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%, RPG 1.4%
- #36 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,038 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom Game Studio VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
Why similar: Zombies 59.4%, Open World 12.9%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Gore 4.5%
- #37 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: Zombies 53.3%, Survival 23.2%, Open World 15.6%, Shooter 2.6%, RPG 1.7%
- #38 The Survivalists
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,935 reviews2020
Dev: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
Why similar: Survival 34.4%, Open World 18.4%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Crafting 7.4%
- #39 War Of The Zombie
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: Van der Veer Games
Windows · Mac
War of the Zombie brings together the best of turn-based simulation and real-time strategic gameplay action across the entire world at the very start of a mysterious undead outbreak.
Why similar: Zombies 59.9%, Strategy 26.5%, Gore 13.6%
- #40 Survivalist
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,560 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 44.1%, Survival 24.3%, Open World 11.3%, Multiplayer 7%, Strategy 5.7%
- #41 HumanitZ
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,640 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 42%, Survival 19.8%, Open World 13.4%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Crafting 3.5%
- #42 Unturned
70% 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: Zombies 40.3%, Survival 20.1%, Open World 13.4%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Shooter 4.2%
- #43 Zombie Defense
72% matchVery Positive84% of 2,165 reviews2016
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
Why similar: Zombies 62.5%, Survival 15.1%, Multiplayer 9%, Strategy 7%, Indie 1.7%
- #44 Dead Island Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive82% of 27,187 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Why similar: Zombies 52%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Gore 3.9%
- #45 No One Survived
67% 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: Zombies 40.5%, Survival 25.1%, Open World 15.5%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Crafting 3.2%
- #46 Walking Zombie: Shooter
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 496 reviews2018
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Walking Zombie is a stationary FPS with an online co-op mode in a world full of zombies to kill. Buy and upgrade your weapons, kill all enemies in 200 levels and destroy mighty boss monsters before they eat you alive!
Why similar: Zombies 56.4%, Survival 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Gore 6.7%, Shooter 5%
- #47 Infestation: The New Beginning
72% matchMixed42% of 25,431 reviews
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 58.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
Why similar: Zombies 59.3%, Survival 20.4%, Open World 9.5%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Indie 1.2%
- #48 They Are Hundreds
70% matchMixed53% of 186 reviews2020
Dev: WoahStudiosusPub: Woahstudiosus
Windows
They Are Hundreds is an evolving Third-person wave based zombie game, co-op with up to 4 friends with endless ammo and guns!
Why similar: Zombies 42.5%, Survival 22.2%, Open World 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Indie 5.2%
- #49 Cards of the Dead
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Boomfire GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 47%, Survival 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Strategy 8%, Horror 3.6%
- #50 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: Zombies 37.5%, Survival 29%, Open World 19.2%, Horror 5.2%, Gore 4.6%
- #51 How to Survive 2
69% matchMixed69% of 10,988 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 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: Zombies 47.8%, Survival 24.6%, Open World 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Crafting 2.5%
- #52 The Walking Dead: No Man's Land
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 944 reviews2024
Dev: Deca Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Step into the dangerous world of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land. Lead survivors in turn-based strategy battles, manage resources, and make tough choices to ensure their survival. Fight walkers, build your base, and face endless dangers.
Why similar: Zombies 54.6%, Survival 18.8%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Strategy 9.9%, RPG 3.3%
- #53 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
68% matchVery Positive81% of 1,006 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.4 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 42.6%, Survival 20.9%, Open World 11.1%, Strategy 7.5%, Gore 5.8%
- #54 The Walking Dead
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,947 reviews2012
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Why similar: Zombies 81.2%, Survival 8.9%, Horror 3.4%, Gore 2.5%, Adventure 1.8%
- #55 The Final Station
67% matchVery Positive87% of 9,281 reviews2016
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 40.9%, Survival 25%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Indie 4.3%, 2D 3.3%
- #56 Back 4 Blood
65% matchMixed69% of 72,160 reviews2021
Dev: Turtle Rock StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 43.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
Why similar: Zombies 60.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Survival 11.4%, Gore 5.4%, Shooter 4.3%
- #57 ZED ZONE
64% matchVery Positive80% of 3,539 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 44.5%, Survival 21.1%, Open World 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Crafting 3.6%