- #1 Polygon Survival
97% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
Polygon Survival is a low-poly zombie survival shooter with simple building and crafting. You find yourself in a mini world of zombie apocalypse and your only goal here is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Zombies 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Base Building 9%, Survival 8.8%
- #2 ProtoZED
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scott H.F. Dunbar
Windows
Shoot, loot, and craft to survive in this top-down extraction shooter. Explore procedurally generated neighborhoods. Scavenge for guns, food, and supplies. Build and upgrade your base to sustain you and your fellow survivors.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.3% ★, Looter Shooter 16.4% ★, Zombies 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Survival 9.3%
- #3 HUNKER DOWN
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: munkgames
Windows
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.7% ★, Zombies 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 10.7%
- #4 Urge
95% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Looter Shooter 10.5% ★, Building 9.3%
- #5 Terafall: Survival
94% matchMixed42% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Terafall: Survival
Windows
Terafall is a procedurally generated, open-world sandbox RPG all about exploring a new world to save your own dying planet from extinction, with a strong focus on non-linearity and character progression.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Gun Customization 14.9% ★, Looter Shooter 11.2% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 8.3%
- #6 Scrapcrawl
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BugSmith
Windows
Scientific Post-Apocalyptic Survival. Survive at the epicenter of a nuclear blast by developing your bunker. Fight the cold, zombies, and daily rising radiation. Explore underground utilities, scavenge and process resources, and craft devices and gear.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% ★, Zombies 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 9.5%
- #7 DeadPoly
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Zombies 12.4%, Looter Shooter 12.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Base Building 9%
- #8 Crushed
92% matchMixed55% of 307 reviews2020
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Survival 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Zombies 9.7%
- #9 LifeZ - Survival
91% 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 36.4% ★, Zombies 18.5%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #10 UNKNOWN REGION
90% matchMixed47% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: SYDNEY GAMES
Windows
You are one of the chosen survivors to set up your life in UNKNOWN REGION. Life has forever changed after an unknown virus has wiped out humanity. Navigate through the region to discover mutated humans and creatures. You will be challenged to test your survival skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 9.3%, Zombies 8.5%
- #11 Undead Wilderness: Survival
89% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: VortexByte Studios
Windows
Undead Wilderness: Survive the unforgiving jungle, unravel its mysteries, and escape the relentless horde of bloodthirsty zombies. Scavenge, manage resources, and fight for your life in a heart-pounding race against the growing undead threat.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 17.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Zombies 16.5%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 12.1%
- #12 Novus Inceptio
89% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.5% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #13 Walking Zombie 2
88% 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.6% ★, Zombies 15.1%, Gun Customization 13.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Survival 8.8%
- #14 PolyZ
87% matchMixed50% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Thirteen37 Games™
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Zombies 10.4%, Survival 9.5%
- #15 Zombie Survival Game Online
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.8% ★, Looter Shooter 16.9% ★, Zombies 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Base Building 9.7%
- #16 Desolated District
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Real Heroes Studio
Windows
Desolated District is an Open-World Survival Crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools, build your base and battle deadly threats as you explore a sprawling, decaying city inspired by the Kowloon Walled City.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Survival 8.5%
- #17 SurrounDead
85% 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 24.3%, Open World Survival Craft 19.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Survival 14.5%, Base Building 8.7%
- #18 XERA: Survival
84% matchMixed66% of 7,888 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.9% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Looter Shooter 11.5% ★, Survival 9.4%
- #19 Ways
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HAGAKI PRODUCTIONS
Windows
Survive in a procedurally generated PvPvE world with friends in first-person. Complete quests, craft weapons, build bases, and wreak havoc on enemies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.3% ★, Zombies 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.3%
- #20 From Scratch
83% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: BB STUDIO
Windows
From Scratch is survival game set in a huge open world of over 50 square kilometers. Fight, craft and acquire resources to survive in a world overrun by zombies and wild animals.
Why similar: Zombies 16.8%, Looter Shooter 16.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Sandbox 10%, Shooter 7.9%
- #21 Deadly Flare
82% 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 34.3% ★, Zombies 13.2%, Building 12.1%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #22 Heat Death: Survival Train
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 660 reviews2024
Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
Windows
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 10.7%, Survival 9.7%
- #23 As I Survive
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinnacle Gaming Studios
Windows
A survival FPS where you must maintain the tactical advantage to survive your environment. Explore caves and bunkers, unlock secrets, and contain the situation in the valley to restore peace. Unlock new quests along the way that will give you the power to save what is left.
Why similar: Zombies 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Gun Customization 12.4% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 11%
- #24 Xsyon - Prelude
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2014
Dev: Notorious Games
Windows
Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #25 Nighthold: Number 1
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.8% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 11.5%
- #26 Fallen Region
81% matchMixed41% of 185 reviews2020
Dev: WayUpGamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Zombies 16.6%, Survival 12.2%, Building 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%
- #27 MUNCHIES
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Gamer Games
Windows
Warning!!! This Game Is Early Access!!!! Survive alone or with others in this Post Apocalyptic, Horror, Survival, Looter/Shooter with Base Building And Raiding. Join the community to watch this game grow and Get Exclusive Rewards and Content. https://discord.gg/S6dwXe8p9X
Why similar: Looter Shooter 18.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Zombies 11.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Base Building 9.5%
- #28 Crazy Islands
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Ge-Aivan
Windows
Welcome to "Crazy Islands", a 3D survival game for 1-4 players that takes you into a world full of mystery and challenges. On this isolated archipelago, you will face ancient gods, cruel natural environment and unknown dangers. Only wisdom and courage can help you survive in this unknown land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Gun Customization 14.1% ★, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #29 Last of Humanity
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divine Games, inc.
Windows
Welcome to Last of Humanity, an online open-world sandbox multiplayer zombie survival game. Travel the zombie wasteland as you attempt to rebuild society controlling key locations to manufacture & produce equipment for survival. Forage, Craft and shoot your way to survival from the dead and living.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Zombies 13.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Building 12.3%, Base Building 9.9%
- #30 Taora : Survival
77% matchMixed63% of 395 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.3% ★, Looter Shooter 15.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.2%
- #31 Quarantine-Z: Survival
76% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelated Games
Windows
2 years have passed since a virus totally unknown to humanity originated in your small town. People have become aggressive and cannibalistic.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Zombies 17.5%, Looter Shooter 14.7% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 12.1%
- #32 iZolated
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 116 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: Gun Customization 20.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Open World Survival Craft 14.5% ★, Zombies 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%
- #33 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
77% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.2% ★, Survival 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Zombies 7.1%, Building 4.3%
- #34 Mist Survival
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 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 39.9% ★, Zombies 20.2%, Survival 17.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #35 VECTOR ZONE
75% matchMostly Negative31% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Survival Sphere Studios
Windows
VECTOR ZONE is a gripping survival game where the weight of leadership rests on your shoulders. Set in a post-apocalyptic world teeming with dangers, your task is to manage a camp of diverse NPC survivors and lead them to safety while constructing vital structures for their survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Zombies 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Survival 11%
- #36 Reckfell
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: verkme
Windows
Survival is your only goal in Reckfell. The world is unforgiving - its creatures, the environment, and even other survivors will stop at nothing to end you. You must do whatever it takes to stay alive for one more day.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.4% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Building 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Survival 10.6%
- #37 Project Zomboid
74% 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: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Zombies 22.3%, Survival 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Sandbox 9%
- #38 Why It's Empty Here: The Game
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Damian BakkerPub: Empty Studio
Windows
Action-survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open-world teeming with various creatures. Explore the world devastated by a mysterious virus. Search for supplies, craft weapons, and battle creatures.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Zombies 15.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 10.6%, Shooter 9.2%
- #39 7 Days to Die
71% 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Zombies 15.5%, Survival 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Base Building 11%
- #40 Ozone Wipeout
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CitrioN
Windows
Ozone Wipeout is a post apocalyptic zombie survival game in a procedurally generated open world. Staying alive is your only goal which is much easier said than done. Harsh weather conditions, zombies and resource scarcity are only a few of many things you will have to deal with.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Zombies 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #41 Death Dream
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Artem Forge
Windows
You wake up but in a deadly dream! survive in an open nightmare endless world, every night you will be attacked by monsters and every day it will be harder to survive, collect resources, build a base and explore the world in your nightmare dream
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Zombies 14.3%, Building 13.3%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #42 Future Fall
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 100 RENTGEN
Windows
Immerse yourself in the multiplayer post-apocalyptic world of Future Fall. Survive in the exclusion zone, explore the world, collect artifacts, upgrade, fight for resources and lead your clan to victory! Crafting, PvP, PvE and dynamic events are waiting for you
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Zombies 12.5%, Base Building 10.1%, Survival 9.3%
- #43 Survival Machine
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.7% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Zombies 13.5%, Building 11.1%, Survival 10.5%
- #44 WildCraft
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Super4Games
Windows
Gather unique resources, craft custom gear, and master skill-based combat in an infinite open world. In Wildcraft, no two items or adventures are ever the same.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1% ★, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 16.3%, Survival 6.9%, Exploration 5.3%
- #45 Survive the Nights
70% matchMixed66% of 6,335 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Looter Shooter 15.2% ★, Zombies 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #46 Moonrite
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haki Studios
Windows
A survival crafting game where you craft spirit companions with different materials to fight, work, and survive. Build your spiritual village and explore a beautiful anime-inspired world to defy ancient gods that rule the material and spiritual.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.4% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 12.4%, Building 6.3%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #47 Andarilho
72% matchMixed66% of 1,295 reviews2020
Dev: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Zombies 12.7%, Building 11.3%, Survival 10.9%
- #48 Dustland Delivery
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,154 reviews2024
Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 26.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Trading 12.2% ★, Zombies 12.2%, Survival 11.3%
- #49 New Spring: Survival
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Promination Studios
Windows
New Spring is a open world zombie survival RPG where you spend the daytime exploring and scavenging for tools and weapons, and defend your base when night falls. How long can you stave off the hordes?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Sandbox 12%, Building 11.9%, Survival 10.8%
- #50 SpiritBorn
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Highforge Studios
Windows
An open-world survival crafting RPG set among floating islands. Gather resources, craft powerful tools, unlock spirit abilities to soar between skybound realms and reclaim your lost godhood.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Building 12.7%, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #51 INCUR Survival
69% matchVery Positive84% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: INCUR
Windows
A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base from creatures, and other players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.1% ★, Zombies 17.6%, Building 13.4%, Survival 10.6%, First-Person 5.6%
- #52 Times of Survival
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Can Games Studio
Windows
Times of Survival is a co-op zombie survival game with souls-like inspired combat system, set in a post-apocalyptic world. Fortify your base, fight hordes of zombies and battle epic bosses. Explore, craft, and master punishing combat while building your settlement and leading survivors to hope.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.6% ★, Zombies 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 10.2%
- #53 Mesorift Survival
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Meik.W Interactive
Windows
Mesorift Survival is a classic survival game with PvP and PvE elements, set in a tropical open world with three islands. Gather resources, build a base, craft weapons, and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.5% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Looter Shooter 12.2% ★, Survival 11.3%, Shooter 8.2%
- #54 The Blight
68% matchMixed50% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: Ethereal Entertainment Tmi
Windows
The Blight aims to evolve the open world survival with unprecedented levels of horror, strategy, and prediction, where knowledge and skills become the ultimate weapons for long-term survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Zombies 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 9.3%
- #55 The Infected
67% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
Dev: DigX Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.8% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Building 11.3%, Zombies 11.2%, Survival 9.9%
- #56 Gone: Survival
68% 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: Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Zombies 16.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 12.5%, Survival 12%
- #57 Miscreated
67% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.1% ★, Zombies 16.2%, Survival 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Sandbox 4%
- #58 World In The Abyss
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Cat Studio
Windows
The aliens have caused the oceans to rise, plunging the world into the abyss. Survive, craft, and explore this mysterious underwater world. Build your base, defend it against relentless waves of enemies, and dive deep to uncover the secret that could stop the alien invasion once and for all!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.7% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 10.8%, Building 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%