- #1 The Last Stand: Aftermath
97% matchVery Positive81% of 6,552 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 34.8%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Survival 16.9%, Violent 11%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the modern, roguelite successor to the legacy series that expands on the core scavenging and survival mechanics.
- #2 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
96% 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 42.4%, Survival 26%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Violent 4.9%, Gore 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on community management, base defense, and the constant threat of zombie hordes in an open world.
- #3 Decision: Red Daze
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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 40.3%, Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Survival 21.9%, Action 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action-RPG that mirrors the top-down combat and base-building elements of the legacy collection.
- #4 Project Zomboid
95% 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 45.5%, Survival 29.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Survival Horror 1.2%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for deep, isometric zombie survival with complex base-building and resource management.
- #5 The Final Station
94% 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: Post-apocalyptic 37.1%, Zombies 28.2%, Survival 19.7%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the bleak, atmospheric journey through a collapsed world with a focus on resource management.
- #6 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
93% 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 41.9%, Survival 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Gore 9.4%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that captures the desperate, methodical scavenging feel of the original Flash games.
- #7 7 Days to Die
92% 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 39.1%, Post-apocalyptic 28.5%, Survival 27.6%, Action 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep scavenging with extensive base-building and the iconic weekly horde defense mechanic.
- #8 Dead State: Reanimated
94% 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 57.7%, Survival 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Survival Horror 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based survival game that emphasizes shelter management and difficult moral choices.
- #9 DYSMANTLE
91% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 50.6%, Survival 33.2%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the satisfying loop of scavenging, clearing out zombie-infested areas, and upgrading gear.
- #10 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
91% matchVery Positive86% of 2,019 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Zombies 38.8%, Post-apocalyptic 36.4%, Survival 21.8%, Survival Horror 2%, 2D 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic management of survivors and reclaiming territory in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #11 Infection Free Zone
89% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Zombies 40.2%, Post-apocalyptic 39.2%, Survival 15%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build a base in real-world locations with a primary focus on defense against waves of infected.
- #12 Deadly 30
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,859 reviews2014
Dev: Ignatus Zuk and Gonzalo Villagomez
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Can you survive the horror? … a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a zombie-infested world by recruiting companions, upgrading weaponry and fortifying your position.
Why similar: Zombies 57.2%, Survival 19.6%, Action 13.7%, Gore 5.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that shares the side-scrolling defense mechanics of the original The Last Stand.
- #13 Deadlight: Director's Cut
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,593 reviews2016
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
Why similar: Zombies 48.1%, Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Action 11%, Survival 8.1%, Atmospheric 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic platformer that captures the grim, post-apocalyptic atmosphere of the legacy series.
- #14 How to Survive
87% 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 48.6%, Survival 27.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Gore 5.2%, Action 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that emphasizes crafting and resource management against zombie threats.
- #15 Frontline Zed
88% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: Richard EastPub: Volcanic Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
Why similar: Zombies 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Violent 17.9%, Survival 13.6%, Gore 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pure defense game that captures the 'last stand' mechanic perfectly through night-time combat.
- #16 Left 4 Dead 2
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,024,556 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 97.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Why similar: Zombies 68.6%, Survival 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Gore 6.2%, Action 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential zombie action experience for those who enjoy the combat intensity and cooperative survival.
- #17 Death Road to Canada
86% matchVery Positive93% of 10,135 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.9 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 67.8%, Survival 23.8%, Action 7.4%, 2D 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A road-trip survival game that emphasizes resource management and tough choices in a chaotic zombie world.
- #18 Infectonator: Survivors
86% 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 55.1%, Survival 23.4%, Violent 8.2%, Gore 5.8%, Action 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-survival game with a pixel-art aesthetic similar to the legacy titles.
- #19 Sheltered
84% matchVery Positive82% of 6,212 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Post-apocalyptic 52.6%, Survival 40.8%, Zombies 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%, 2D 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the claustrophobic management of a family trying to survive in a bunker.
- #20 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
81% matchVery Positive87% of 4,190 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Post-apocalyptic 61.3%, Survival 26.7%, Action 12%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep simulation of survival, community building, and combat in a hostile world.
- #21 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
84% matchVery Positive88% of 3,135 reviews2013
Dev: The Men Who Wear Many Hats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 56.4%, Post-apocalyptic 29.1%, Survival 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival game that mirrors the classic, minimalist feel of the seed game.
- #22 Yet Another Zombie Defense
83% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Why similar: Zombies 93.2%, Survival 4.8%, Action 1.1%, Gore 0.6%, Shooter 0.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the arcade-style base defense aspect of the genre with co-op support.
- #23 Zombie Army Trilogy
82% matchVery Positive86% of 18,337 reviews2015
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
Why similar: Zombies 56.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Survival 10.5%, Gore 10%, Action 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the high-octane combat and gore found in the legacy collection's more action-heavy moments.
- #24 SKYHILL
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,576 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 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: Post-apocalyptic 34.3%, Survival 28.7%, Zombies 26%, Atmospheric 4.8%, Action 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-roguelike that focuses on managing limited resources while descending a dangerous, zombie-filled building.
- #25 Unturned
78% 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 33.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29.2%, Survival 18.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and base building with a distinct visual style and accessible gameplay.
- #26 Decision Legacy Collection
78% matchVery Positive81% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
All the games in the classic Decision series bundled together. From the zombie-ravaged streets of the original Decision to the brutal medieval battlegrounds of Decision Medieval, this collection delivers the raw, blood-soaked combat, base building, and survival gameplay that hooked Flash game fans.
Why similar: Zombies 46.7%, Survival 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Action 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #27 Atom Zombie Smasher
79% matchVery Positive90% of 2,085 reviews2011
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.
Why similar: Zombies 83.5%, Action 12%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game focused on rescuing survivors and managing large-scale zombie outbreaks.
- #28 Dead Purge: Outbreak
81% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Microlith Games
Windows
Dead Purge: Outbreak is a modern first-person shooter set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where every minute can be your last.
Why similar: Violent 28%, Zombies 26.3%, Gore 18.9%, Survival 12%, Action 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward action-survival game with a focus on combat and defending against waves.
- #29 Fort Zombie
79% matchMixed67% of 153 reviews2018
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In Fort Zombie, players are trapped in the small town of Piety, Indiana. Organize and build a defense shelter from an impending wave of undead. Choose a building to be your Fort and forage for Food, Weapons, Supplies and People.
Why similar: Violent 32.6%, Zombies 26%, Gore 23.8%, Action 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cult classic focused entirely on barricading and surviving in a single building against incoming hordes.
- #30 One Last Day
80% matchMixed62% of 103 reviews2015
Dev: Bloodwolf Studio
Windows · Mac
[Alpha] Explore, hunt, be hunted, kill, destroy, build... Fight in a colorful, devastated world that everyone is trying to take for themselves. Do it yours, but remember your main goal at the start of the day; try to survive one last day.
Why similar: Zombies 50.7%, Survival 28.3%, Action 17.1%, Adventure 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-adventure game that emphasizes exploration and resource gathering in a dangerous environment.
- #31 Sonny Legacy Collection
75% matchVery Positive91% of 345 reviews2024
Dev: Krin JuangbhanichPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sonny 1 and Sonny 2 team up in the Sonny Legacy Collection. Traverse a story-rich world where strategy meets supernatural in a quest for identity and survival. Master tactical turn-based combat and discover the truth behind Sonny's resurrection in these classic RPGs.
Why similar: Zombies 86.3%, Singleplayer 6%, Adventure 3.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%, 2D 1.4%
- #32 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
77% matchMixed61% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 36.1%, Post-apocalyptic 31.4%, Survival 15.4%, Action 5.3%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #33 Invention 3
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Zombies 31.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Survival 10.6%, Violent 9.9%, Action 7.1%
- #34 State of Decay
76% 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 48.9%, Survival 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Action 4.2%, Atmospheric 1.5%
- #35 Defense: Abominations
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defense: Abominations is a first person tower defense game where you try to survive the abominations stored in the laboratory, as long as you can.
Why similar: Violent 27.3%, Gore 18.4%, Zombies 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Survival 11.4%
- #36 Post Soviet Zombies
75% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: Ascension Studio
Windows
Post soviet zombies - is an action shooter with a top view, in which you have to get out of the virus infected post-Soviet city for one of the four unique characters. On the way you will meet a variety of zombies, military, marauders and people who need your help in 1993.
Why similar: Zombies 33.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Violent 19.8%, Gore 11%, Action 8.5%
- #37 State of Decay: YOSE
74% 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 45.7%, Survival 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Gore 3.8%, Action 3.4%
- #38 Ultimate Zombie Defense
73% matchVery Positive85% of 4,653 reviews2020
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?
Why similar: Zombies 47.5%, Survival 14.4%, Gore 12%, Violent 11.9%, Action 10.5%
- #39 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
70% matchVery Positive82% of 10,961 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Zombies 48.3%, Post-apocalyptic 39.8%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #40 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
70% matchVery Positive91% of 12,980 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Zombies 59.8%, Survival 27%, Action 8.9%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #41 Road Z : The Last Drive
74% matchMixed54% of 59 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Moose Games
Windows
Drive through hordes of zombies in this zombie-splattering roguelike, collecting hardware to upgrade your vehicle with turrets, flamethrowers, nitro boosts and more.
Why similar: Zombies 30.7%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Violent 14.8%, Gore 11.1%, Survival 8.9%
- #42 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
71% matchVery Positive88% of 428 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Zombies 35%, Post-apocalyptic 28%, Survival 24.1%, Action 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #43 The Last Conflict
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 251 reviews2017
Dev: Darker EmeraldPub: EmmyGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The Last Conflict is a 2-D multiplayer online action and strategic based game inspired by classic games Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Zombie Ate my Neighbors, bringing them together to create a fun zombie killing experience.
Why similar: Zombies 46.7%, Violent 23.2%, Gore 16.2%, Survival 7.1%, Action 6.8%
- #44 Zombie Desperation
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Zombie Desperation is a small horror game where you shoot hordes of zombies until you die, aiming to obtain a higher rank in the online leaderboards while unlocking new scenarios and weapons.
Why similar: Violent 25.8%, Zombies 22.6%, Gore 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Survival 8.4%
- #45 Nightmare of Decay
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,249 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: Zombies 40%, Violent 18.9%, Gore 14.7%, Survival 10.6%, Action 9.3%
- #46 The Last FARMER
71% matchMixed57% of 284 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
"The Last Farmer" is not just a tale of survival; it's a journey of restoration. Amidst the sprawling deserts of a forgotten Texas, your farm becomes a symbol of hope and persistence.
Why similar: Zombies 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, Survival 19.6%, Action 5.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #47 Survivor
72% matchMixed55% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: kolacape
Windows
Get ready for an intense survival battle against an ever-growing horde of zombies. Play solo or co-op with friends, test your shooting skills and luck in this relentless combat and see how long you can stay alive.
Why similar: Zombies 39.7%, Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Survival 14.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Action 5.3%
- #48 Last Outpost
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?
Why similar: Zombies 94.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #49 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Survival 68.1%, Atmospheric 31.9%
- #50 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 161 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!
Why similar: Zombies 38.6%, Post-apocalyptic 28.8%, Survival 19.4%, Action 11%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #51 Heaven Dust 2
68% matchVery Positive91% of 830 reviews2022
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Deep inside a research base, waking up from a cryogenic pod, you find yourself trapped in a living hell, surrounded by zombies. Heaven Dust 2 is a love letter to classic survival horror games featuring exploration, action, puzzles, and resource management.
Why similar: Zombies 80.8%, Action 9.6%, Survival Horror 5.1%, Adventure 2.2%, Shooter 2.2%
- #52 Last Rites
71% matchMixed58% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
"We are food, but not for long." The Zombie apocalypse has come, and your squad is the last line of defense. Command a Special Forces unit with high-tech weaponry in this mission-based FPS with sprawling indoor and outdoor environments.
Why similar: Zombies 66.6%, Action 33.4%
- #53 Blood And Zombies
69% matchMixed53% of 450 reviews2022
Dev: Wild MonkeyPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Blood, guts, meat. Humanity's waging total war against a horrific zombie apocalypse. Lead one of four of humanity's deadliest survivors against the horde in this first person, wave defense shooter. Load up your guns, set up turrets, sharpen your skills, and maybe you'll make it through the night.
Why similar: Zombies 32%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Survival 15.9%, Violent 15.7%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #54 Tower Survivors
68% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Linux
Fight an endless horde of evil minions and survive as long as you can. Collect loot and purchase new upgrades and magic abilities. Summon allies to stand along side you and survive the horde!
Why similar: Zombies 68.5%, Action 16.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%, Survival Horror 4%, 2D 3.4%
- #55 Task is to Survive
70% matchMixed52% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Task is to Survive - Is a first person shooter. You play as a soldier and you were sent by helicopter to the infected object in which there are a huge number of dangerous zombies. Do you have a special mission - to kill as many zombies before the time, until you die!
Why similar: Violent 33.1%, Zombies 25.5%, Gore 21.7%, Survival 13.4%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #56 SurrounDead
65% 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 44%, Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Survival 21.9%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Action 2.3%
- #57 Earn to Die 2
67% matchVery Positive93% of 2,161 reviews2016
Dev: Toffee GamesPub: Not Doppler
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Earn to Die 2 is a 2D side-scrolling driving and upgrade game where you steer vehicles through a zombie apocalypse, literally smashing through zombie hordes along the way. Throughout the game you will unlock new vehicles, upgrading them into the ultimate zombie-smashing machines!
Why similar: Zombies 31.7%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Violent 19.1%, Gore 12.1%, Action 5.7%
- #58 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,900 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Why similar: Zombies 54.4%, Action 20%, Gore 18.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%, 2D 1.8%
- #59 Zombie Builder Defense 2
65% matchVery Positive85% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
Why similar: Zombies 42.1%, Post-apocalyptic 36.8%, Action 10.7%, Violent 4.3%, Gore 2.9%
- #60 Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship
64% matchVery Positive83% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: Zing Games Inc.Pub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Build turrets, lead your crew, and upgrade the ship while gathering loot in this exciting "Tower Defense-on-wheels zombie survival roguelite" game.
Why similar: Zombies 78.3%, Action 15.5%, Singleplayer 6.2%