- #1 The Last Stand: Aftermath
97% matchVery Positive81% of 6,661 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 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 35.1%, Post-apocalyptic 26%, Survival 16.8%, Violent 10.9%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct spiritual successor to the legacy collection, offering a modern, roguelite take on the same core survival loop.
- #2 Decision: Red Daze
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 889 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 40.4%, Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Survival 21.8%, Action 7.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the top-down perspective and action-oriented exploration focus found in the Legacy Collection.
- #3 The Final Station
96% matchVery Positive87% of 9,414 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%, Zombies 28.3%, Survival 19.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the atmospheric, resource-starved journey through a dying world with a similar sense of urgency.
- #4 Project Zomboid
95% matchVery Positive94% of 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 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 45.6%, Survival 29.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Survival Horror 1.3%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the deepest and most realistic zombie survival simulation, mirroring the scavenging and base-building intensity of the seed game.
- #5 7 Days to Die
94% matchVery Positive87% of 402,373 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 109.1 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: Zombies 39.4%, Post-apocalyptic 28.3%, Survival 27.5%, Action 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the base-building and horde-defense mechanics that made the original Last Stand series so addictive.
- #6 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
94% matchVery Positive83% of 69,051 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 38.9 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 42.7%, Survival 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Violent 4.9%, Gore 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the survivor management and community-building aspects of the post-apocalyptic experience.
- #7 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
93% matchVery Positive94% of 4,448 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.3 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 42.3%, Survival 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Gore 9.2%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: This turn-based survival game emphasizes the harsh reality of scavenging and managing resources in a city overrun by zombies.
- #8 Decision Legacy Collection
91% matchVery Positive80% of 177 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 46.9%, Survival 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Action 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this collection shares the exact same old-school action-RPG and survival DNA.
- #9 Dead State: Reanimated
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,558 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.5 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 57.6%, Survival 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Action 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the tactical, turn-based survival and group management elements required to survive the apocalypse.
- #10 Frontline Zed
91% matchMixed59% of 337 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 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Violent 17.9%, Survival 13.5%, Gore 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses specifically on the intense, nightly base-defense aspect of the zombie survival genre.
- #11 Infection Free Zone
89% matchVery Positive81% of 18,136 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.3 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 40.9%, Post-apocalyptic 38.8%, Survival 14.9%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: It allows players to build bases in real-world locations, focusing on strategic defense against waves of the infected.
- #12 Infectonator: Survivors
90% matchMixed67% of 1,158 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 55.2%, Survival 23.2%, Violent 8.2%, Gore 6%, Action 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tactical survival with management, forcing players to make difficult choices to keep their group alive.
- #13 DYSMANTLE
88% matchVery Positive91% of 11,503 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 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 50.8%, Survival 33.1%, Action 7.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Adventure 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on exploration and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic world where every object can be broken down for resources.
- #14 Deadlight: Director's Cut
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,633 reviews2016
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 48.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, Action 11%, Survival 8%, Atmospheric 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic 2D platformer that captures the grim, atmospheric tone of a world lost to the undead.
- #15 How to Survive
87% matchVery Positive83% of 17,098 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 48.8%, Survival 27.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Action 5.2%, Gore 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting and resource management while fighting off zombie hordes.
- #16 Zombie Army Trilogy
86% matchVery Positive86% of 18,530 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 57%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Survival 10.4%, Gore 10.2%, Action 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: For players who enjoy the action-heavy, shooter-centric side of the zombie apocalypse.
- #17 Deadly 30
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,875 reviews2014
Dev: Ignatus Zuk and Gonzalo Villagomez
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 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 57.5%, Survival 19.5%, Action 13.8%, Gore 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling action game that features similar survival mechanics and a gritty, indie aesthetic.
- #18 Ultimate Zombie Defense
84% matchVery Positive85% of 4,743 reviews2020
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.1 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 47.9%, Survival 14.2%, Violent 12.1%, Gore 11.6%, Action 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down tower defense and action hybrid that is perfect for those who love the base-fortification aspect of the seed game.
- #19 SKYHILL
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,698 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: Post-apocalyptic 34.5%, Survival 28.6%, Zombies 26.2%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Action 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-roguelike that traps the player in a dangerous building, forcing them to scavenge and manage health carefully.
- #20 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
82% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 26.6%, Action 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep simulation of survival and community building, emphasizing the social dynamics of the apocalypse.
- #21 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
84% matchVery Positive84% of 3,045 reviews2017
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
Why similar: Zombies 40.9%, Violent 23.6%, Gore 15%, Survival 14.2%, Action 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pure, arcade-style base defense game that strips away the narrative to focus on the thrill of holding off the horde.
- #22 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
83% matchVery Positive88% of 3,146 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 56.5%, Post-apocalyptic 29%, Survival 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival game that focuses on the resource management and difficult decision-making of a cross-country journey.
- #23 Post Soviet Zombies
82% matchVery Positive89% of 90 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 33.1%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Violent 19.7%, Gore 10.7%, Action 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A simple, arcade-style 2D action game that captures the violent, fast-paced nature of zombie combat.
- #24 Living Dead Outbreak
80% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: Games From The AbyssPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Battle your way through the dense zombie crowds as you struggle to survive! Inspired by classic zombie movies and FPS games from the 90s, the overwhelming combat will keep you on your toes!
Why similar: Zombies 30.3%, Violent 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Gore 12%, Survival 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, boomer-shooter style game that provides a more aggressive take on the zombie survival genre.
- #25 The Last Conflict
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 258 reviews2017
Dev: Darker EmeraldPub: EmmyGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.8 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 47%, Violent 23.2%, Gore 15.9%, Survival 7.1%, Action 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that emphasizes the struggle for resources in a massively populated zombie world.
- #26 Atom Zombie Smasher
79% matchVery Positive90% of 2,098 reviews2011
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 83.7%, Action 12%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical game that focuses on rescuing survivors and managing defenses against massive, overwhelming hordes.
- #27 Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
78% matchVery Positive90% of 519 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 41.3%, Post-apocalyptic 31.4%, Survival 21.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Adventure 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, deep survival simulation that offers unparalleled freedom in how you survive the apocalypse.
- #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 28.1%, Zombies 26.6%, Gore 18.6%, Survival 12%, Action 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy survival game that puts the player in a hostile, open world filled with zombies.
- #29 How to Survive 2
79% matchMixed69% of 11,008 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: Zombies 54.9%, Survival 32%, Gore 6.4%, Action 4.4%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: An expanded version of the original, offering more crafting and base-building depth for the survival enthusiast.
- #30 Where the forest ends
76% matchMixed69% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: MonkeyBassGames
Windows
Shred zombies and bandits, collect and upgrade weapons, and explore the beauty hidden within industrial decay in a new story-driven, top-down horror shooter. Survive one more day in the post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 24.4%, Violent 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Gore 13.7%, Survival 9.2%
- #31 Invention 3
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 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 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Survival 10.6%, Violent 9.9%, Action 7.1%
- #32 Zafehouse: Diaries
78% matchMixed68% of 441 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.4 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 53.4%, Survival 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the tactical, text-based survival management of a group of survivors hiding in a house.
- #33 Yet Another Zombie Defense
76% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 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 4.7%, Action 1.1%, Gore 0.6%, Shooter 0.2%
- #34 Sonny Legacy Collection
74% matchVery Positive91% of 365 reviews2024
Dev: Krin JuangbhanichPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.4 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 86.5%, Singleplayer 5.8%, Adventure 3.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%, 2D 1.3%
- #35 Defense: Abominations
77% 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 27.4%, Gore 18.1%, Zombies 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Survival 11.4%
- #36 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
75% matchMixed60% of 348 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 36.3%, Post-apocalyptic 31.3%, Survival 15.3%, Action 5.3%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #37 State of Decay
75% 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 49.1%, Survival 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Action 4.3%, Atmospheric 1.4%
- #38 Blood And Zombies
74% matchMixed52% of 458 reviews2022
Dev: Wild MonkeyPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 29.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Survival 14.3%, Violent 14.2%, Gore 9.4%
- #39 State of Decay: YOSE
73% matchVery Positive82% of 13,049 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.1 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 45.9%, Survival 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Gore 3.7%, Action 3.4%
- #40 Left 4 Dead 2
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,043,904 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 99.1 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 68.5%, Survival 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Gore 6.4%, Action 3.9%
- #41 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
71% matchVery Positive87% of 439 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 35.2%, Post-apocalyptic 28%, Survival 24%, Action 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #42 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
69% matchVery Positive91% of 13,417 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 20.5 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 59.9%, Survival 28.6%, Action 7.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #43 Road Z : The Last Drive
73% 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 30.9%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Violent 14.8%, Gore 10.9%, Survival 8.9%
- #44 Zombie Desperation
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 120 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.2 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 22.9%, Gore 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #45 Nightmare of Decay
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,343 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 40.6%, Violent 18.8%, Gore 14.5%, Survival 10.4%, Action 9.4%
- #46 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
67% matchVery Positive89% of 9,053 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 42.1%, Post-apocalyptic 37.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Action 7.4%, Survival Horror 3.2%
- #47 The Last FARMER
70% matchMixed57% of 308 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 34.6%, Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, Survival 19.5%, Action 5.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #48 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
71% matchVery Positive86% of 2,039 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 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 39.1%, Post-apocalyptic 36.3%, Survival 21.7%, Survival Horror 2%, 2D 0.9%
- #49 Last Rites
72% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.2 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 54.4%, Action 27.4%, Classic 18.2% ★
- #50 Last Outpost
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 79 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 95.3%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #51 One Last Day
72% 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 50.8%, Survival 28.1%, Action 17.2%, Adventure 3.9%
- #52 SurrounDead
67% matchVery Positive92% of 25,610 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.0 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 44.3%, Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Survival 22.1%, Action 2.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #53 Heaven Dust 2
68% matchVery Positive90% of 848 reviews2022
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 9.7%, Survival Horror 5%, Shooter 2.3%, Adventure 2.2%
- #54 They Are Coming!
70% matchMixed48% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: 6-month initiative
Windows
They are coming! Ravenous, insatiable, and absolutely unstoppable zombies, a Wunderwaffe that went horribly wrong. It’s up to you to usher in the age of the zombie, by munching on every brain in sight! Build up a horde, dodge enemy weapons, and gnaw a mark on human history!
Why similar: Zombies 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 29.9%, Gore 13.5%, Survival 10.8%, Action 6.4%
- #55 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
65% matchVery Positive82% of 12,507 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.2 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 48.6%, Post-apocalyptic 39.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #56 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 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 38.8%, Post-apocalyptic 28.7%, Survival 19.3%, Action 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #57 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,564 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 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 68.4%, Atmospheric 31.6%
- #58 Dread Dawn
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,236 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 25.1 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 60.3%, Survival 27.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Action 3.2%, Adventure 1.4%
- #59 Zombies and Keys
67% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Yeongho Kim
Windows
"Zombies and Keys" is a short but intense, easy to learn zombie brawler. Be a strongman stuck in a zombie apocalypse. There's no gun. Beat 'em up, find keys, and escape.
Why similar: Zombies 33.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Violent 22.1%, Gore 12.6%, Action 6.5%
- #60 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,010 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.3 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 28.1%, Post-apocalyptic 24%, Survival 15.7%, Violent 14.2%, Gore 9.8%