Games Like They Don't Sleep

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 38.8%, Survival Horror 7.2%, Simulation 4.1%, 2D 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive survival simulator that mirrors the deep resource management and character needs found in the seed game.

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: Survival 51.9%, Resource Management 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Simulation 5%, 2D 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on managing a family's survival, resources, and base maintenance in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 28.6%, Action Roguelike 23.1%, Survival 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Roguelite 6%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite zombie survival game that balances combat with critical resource management and difficult decision-making.

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 41.1%, Survival 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Roguelike 12.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival roguelike that emphasizes scavenging and managing health and hunger in a zombie-infested city.

The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches... and maybe survive. Or not.

Why similar: Life Sim 52.2%, Survival 35.2%, 2D 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense time-management and resource-scavenging mechanics under the constant threat of a zombie-like apocalypse.

FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!

Why similar: Zombies 21.9%, Action Roguelike 21.2%, Survival 15%, Roguelite 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the fast-paced action-roguelite combat experience with a focus on zombie survival.

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Survival 70.4%, Roguelike 7.3%, Survival Horror 5.1%, Top-Down 5%, Simulation 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines roguelite exploration with strict survival needs like hunger and sanity management in a hostile world.

20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.7%, Survival 19.8%, Roguelite 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity action-roguelite that captures the frantic combat feel of the seed game.

"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 41.1%, Survival 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Roguelike 6.2%, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines strategy and survival elements with a pixel-art aesthetic similar to the seed game.

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 27.6%, Survival 17.4%, Action Roguelike 16%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Roguelite 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival game where you must scavenge for supplies while infected, mirroring the urgency of the seed game.

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Why similar: Survival 78.8%, Survival Horror 7.4%, Simulation 7%, Singleplayer 3.9%, Action 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the brutal wintry survival atmosphere and the constant need to manage warmth, food, and sleep.

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 40.5%, Survival 34.8%, Top-Down 12.8%, Simulation 5.9%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a satisfying loop of survival, crafting, and zombie combat in an open-world setting.

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: Action Roguelike 31.9%, Survival 28%, Zombies 19.5%, Roguelike 8.4%, Simulation 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival roguelike that forces you to manage resources while descending a dangerous building.

Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Why similar: Zombies 27.8%, Action Roguelike 26%, Roguelite 18.3%, Survival 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival game that focuses on managing a group of survivors during a zombie outbreak.

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 57.8%, Survival 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Simulation 3.9%, 2D 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival management game where resource conservation is just as important as fighting off the undead.

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 51.9%, Survival 34.5%, Survival Horror 5.8%, Simulation 3.3%, Action 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base-building and community management while surviving against hordes of zombies.

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: Survival 44.7%, Character Customization 26.5%, Simulation 17.3%, Action 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, base-building, and combat with deep simulation elements in a post-apocalyptic world.

Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.7%, Zombies 21.3%, Roguelite 17.5%, Survival 15.4%, Top-Down 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual action-roguelite that captures the zombie-slaying loop of the seed game.

Battle against hordes of enemies, conquer Boss encounters, and explore various character and skill combinations in this time-based auto-attacking Roguelite in your quest to become stronger and defeat the most menacing of creatures that lay in wait at the end of each run.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.9%, Roguelite 17.9%, Survival 11.6%, Top-Down 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that provides a similar top-down combat experience with survival progression.

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 21.6%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Survival 13.6%, Roguelite 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the action-roguelite aspect of fighting waves of zombies with various character builds.

Step into a world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. Seek out precious supplies, reinforce your arsenal, and uncover forbidden knowledge to unleash the terrifying powers of the ‘Old Ones’.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.7%, Survival 16%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Roguelite 13.9%, Survival Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes resource management and combat in a dark, hostile environment.

Shoot hordes of zombies in a bullet hell roguelite arena. By day, harvest resources, unlock map areas, and prepare for the upcoming night. Craft unique strategies by combining characters, weapons, and exploring a vast ability tree.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.2%, Zombies 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Roguelite 14.5%, Top-Down 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers top-down action-roguelite gameplay with a focus on shooting through undead hordes.

Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!

Why similar: Zombies 30.1%, Survival 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Roguelike 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy zombie game that uses card-based mechanics to manage survival.

Still Not Dead is a challenging roguelite FPS that merges the fast satisfying gunplay of Doom with open stages, insane weaponry, tactical choice and being pursued by death itself. The unique blessing and curse system, plus unlockable skill skulls set the game apart from everything else.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 45.4%, Zombies 18%, Roguelite 10.4%, Survival 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelite that features pixel graphics and intense combat encounters.

The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.

Why similar: Zombies 28%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Survival 10.9%, Top-Down 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused zombie survival game with a top-down perspective.

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!

Why similar: Life Sim 22.5%, Zombies 22.3%, Survival 14.6%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Roguelite 10.2%

Zombies left, right and center!! Will the maids be able to bring peace back to Akiba?! A shooting game aimed at restoring peace to Akiba by controlling gun-slinging maids and defeating zombies.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Zombies 15%, Survival 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that focuses on shooting through hordes of zombies.

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.9%, Zombies 21.8%, Roguelite 13.6%, Survival 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

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: Zombies 40.4%, Survival 29.7%, Simulation 8.7%, Top-Down 7.9%, Female Protagonist 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes resource gathering and zombie defense.

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: Action Roguelike 25.7%, Roguelite 16.4%, Zombies 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines action-roguelite mechanics with tower defense elements for a unique survival challenge.

Fight against the clock in this action-packed roguelite shooter! Loot and stack hundreds of items, complete unique quests and battle colossal bosses at sunset. Fight, die, level up, and overcome!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 36.6%, Roguelite 25.7%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Roguelike 12.8%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite that features perma-death and intense combat against waves of enemies.

A haunted house where ghosts and vengeful spirits lurk around every corner. Your courage and wit will be put to the test in order to survive. Use trails and sounds as clues to progress in this exciting new roguelike escape game.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.9%, Roguelite 17%, Survival 14%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror roguelite that emphasizes exploration and combat in a confined space.

Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.8%, Zombies 15.8%, Roguelite 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Top-Down 8.7%

In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!

Why similar: Zombies 24.1%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Survival 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Female Protagonist 9.5%

A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.5%, Survival 15.9%, Roguelite 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Roguelike 9.4%

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue!

Why similar: Zombies 40.8%, Life Sim 38.7%, Simulation 11.8%, Action 6.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Be My Horde is a roguelite survivor where your minions fight for you. Become a formidable necromancer and turn your enemies into a resource! Raise fallen foes, build massive undead hordes, enhance your skills with devoured souls, and conquer the world – you’re the villain in this story.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.3%, Roguelite 16.8%, Zombies 16.3%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Roguelike 8.5%

This game is a time survival game with role-playing and roguelite elements. Through the choice of upgrades in battle to make the character stronger and stronger, defeat the oncoming enemies.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.7%, Roguelite 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Female Protagonist 12.1%

Outbreak is the demo version of FatalZone, a bullet heaven zombie apocalypse shooter where you'll have to upgrade your base, hone your mercs' skills, and put them to the test to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 21.9%, Action Roguelike 20.5%, Survival 14.7%, Roguelite 12.7%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%

A survivors-like about a time-travelling company where you recruit your employees against endless hordes of enemies.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.6%, Roguelite 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Roguelike 9.4%

Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!

Why similar: Time Management 20.8%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Roguelite 14.9%, Resource Management 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%

Survivors Of The Zombie World is a 3D pixel-style zombie survival game. Survivors fight in a world full of zombies. Your goal is to survive, find food, ammunition, medicine and other supplies on the map and try to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 25.5%, Survival 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Roguelite 11.4%, Roguelike 7.3%

City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

Why similar: Zombies 22.6%, Time Management 20.1%, Survival 15.1%, Resource Management 14.2%, Roguelite 13.9%

Her Name Was Fire is a Tarotpunk twin stick roguelike where you progressively unlock spells and upgrades to defeat hordes of void creatures. Survive the 5 stages of grief and vanquish the Major Allegories.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.7%, Survival 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Roguelite 13%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

Why similar: Survival 30.9%, Pixel Graphics 29.3%, Violent 12.6%, 2D 7.7%, Female Protagonist 6.2%

Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Roguelite 15%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Roguelike 9.2%

Take on the demonic threat as Letifer in an action-packed mix of twin-stick shooter, roguelite, and survivors-like gameplay. Gun through brutal Rituals, shape your build with powerful upgrades, and return to base for lasting upgrades to your character and gear.

Why similar: Zombies 29.5%, Action Roguelike 28.5%, Roguelite 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.1%

Slay waves of spooky enemies for 20 nights to survive 'The Demonic Conveyor Belt'. Talented is an arcade roguelite with randomly generated skill trees. Choose your upgrades and abilities wisely and you might just make it out alive. Are you truly Talented?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.6%, Roguelite 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Roguelike 9.1%, Top-Down 9.1%

"Valkyrie Squad: Siege Breakers" is an exhilarating top-down shooter survival game. The mission is to break through the enemy's fortified defenses and face extreme survival conditions. you will lead this brave squad, utilizing each member's unique skills and defeat powerful enemies!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.9%, Zombies 17.6%, Roguelite 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

Eradicate hordes of monsters in this survivors style roguelite set in a rotting, destructible city that hates you. Start fires, blow stuff up, electrify water, you name it. Upgrade & craft an arsenal of oddball weapons including pigeons riding boots. Unlock & upgrade offbeat characters & SURVIVE!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.7%, Roguelite 24.3%, Zombies 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 7.1%

A deadly virus plagues the city and the residents now roam the streets as flesh-eating zombies. Loot the apocalyptic open world and build a self-sustaining zombie-killing fortress. Will you survive the apocalypse or become one of the undead?

Why similar: Zombies 38.3%, Survival 22.4%, Top-Down 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10%, Character Customization 9.7%

ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!

Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Survival 16.9%, Resource Management 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%

Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Survival 11.6%, Top-Down 10.8%

Ready to tackle the challenge? On Mars, confront countless mutated creatures and mechanical monsters. Choose survivors, weapons, and skills wisely for diverse battles. Employ precise shooting, agile dodging, and strategic use of props and skills to fend off enemy attacks.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Roguelite 13%, Zombies 9.9%, Top-Down 7.1%

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 31.3%, Survival 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Survival Horror 14%, Simulation 6.5%

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 29%, Survival 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Roguelite 10.3%, Top-Down 9.7%

A time-limited survival game infused with rogue-lite elements and an adorable art style! The world has plunged into darkness, and you are its sole beacon of hope. Will you endure until dawn, or succumb to repeated deaths in your quest? Fear not, for you can collect more coins to arm yourself!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.5%, Roguelite 29.1%, Roguelike 12.6%, Action 5%, Singleplayer 2.9%

A survival roguelike where a frog digs through freezing snow, uncovers treasures, unlocks upgrades, and battles mystical creatures. Find the escape door — or defeat the final boss to survive.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.2%, Survival 18.3%, Roguelite 17.2%, Resource Management 16.9%, Top-Down 9.6%

The masked protagonist must escape the city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Use stealth to scavenge food, or kill everything in your path. Nurture your mental health or descend into madness. How you survive is up to you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 30.7%, Simulation 15.9%, 2D 13.8%, Action 7.8%