Games Like VEIN

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 19.3%, Survival 18.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Open World 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the same core loop of voxel-based base building, zombie horde defense, and open-world scavenging found in VEIN.

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 21.4%, Survival 18.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Open World 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features community management and open-world zombie survival that mirrors VEIN's focus on gathering supplies and fortifying safe zones.

HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Zombies 19%, Survival 14.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Open World 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down open-world survival game set in a zombie apocalypse that matches VEIN's heavy emphasis on scavenging and vehicle utility.

This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Why similar: Zombies 18.9%, Survival 18.6%, Open World 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Crafting 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares VEIN's detailed crafting, building, and cooperative survival mechanics in a harsh, post-apocalyptic open world.

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 27.1%, Survival 19.2%, Open World 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Base Building 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world zombie survival game focusing on looting, base building, and exploration much like VEIN.

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 23.4%, Survival 21.1%, Open World 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the ultimate isometric deep-simulation survival experience with looting, base building, and relentless zombie threats similar to VEIN.

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: Zombies 22.5%, Survival 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features low-poly open-world survival crafting with a heavy emphasis on zombies, gunplay, and base building comparable to VEIN.

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: Survival 24.8%, Zombies 24.5%, Open World 17.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A single-player sandbox survival game featuring base building, vehicle mechanics, and dangerous infected threats akin to VEIN.

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: Base Building 17.4%, Open World 15.1%, Survival 14.8%, Zombies 14.5%, Crafting 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers sandbox survival crafting, base building, and hostile wildlife and mutant encounters reminiscent of VEIN's defense systems.

'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

Why similar: Zombies 19.4%, Base Building 14.4%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival crafting with intense tower-defense mechanics against massive zombie hordes, appealing to VEIN's base-defense fans.

Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

Why similar: Survival 19.1%, Base Building 16.8%, Co-op 14.2%, Open World 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A water-world survival crafting game that shares VEIN's base-building and cooperative exploration mechanics.

You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

Why similar: Open World 21.1%, Survival 19.2%, Base Building 19.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, it offers the deep voxel building and cooperative open-world exploration loop that appeals to VEIN players.

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Why similar: Survival 26.4%, Open World 18.4%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 14.1%, Multiplayer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game focusing on base building, resource gathering, and hostile AI that mirrors VEIN's tension and progression.

The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

Why similar: Base Building 18.3%, Survival 17.6%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Co-op 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A military-themed open-world survival crafting game featuring massive base building and cooperative defense similar to VEIN.

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 19.6%, Open World 16.5%, Base Building 14.8%, Co-op 11.3%, Survival Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: A terrifying open-world survival game with advanced base-building and companion systems that capture VEIN's survival intensity.

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: Zombies 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Survival 18.3%, Co-op 11.5%, Sandbox 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic multiplayer survival game centered around fortification, crafting, and zombie defense directly parallel to VEIN.

Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.

Why similar: Zombies 21.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Open World 13.6%, Survival 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A train-based zombie survival game featuring base-building and exploration similar to VEIN's post-apocalyptic setting.

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Survival 24.5%, Open World 14.7%, Base Building 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Crafting 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a hardcore survival simulation with deep health, injury, and crafting mechanics that will challenge fans of VEIN.

Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.

Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 12.8%, Co-op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic open-world survival crafting game sharing VEIN's desolate exploration vibe.

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. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Survival 19.3%, Zombies 17.4%, Open World 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Co-op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential multiplayer hardcore zombie survival experience sharing VEIN's open-world loot and player-encounter dynamics.

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival 17.4%, Zombies 14.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Open World 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game focused on investigation, crafting, and surviving against infected threats like VEIN.

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Survival 15.2%, Open World 14.2%, Co-op 11.3%, Crafting 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features mobile base building and resource management in a hostile environment, matching VEIN's engineering aspects.

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Base Building 17.5%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 15%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Co-op 12%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game focusing on rebuilding, scavenging, and base upgrading that echoes VEIN's rebuilding themes.

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Zombies 23.2%, Survival 20.9%, Open World 20.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Sandbox 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hyper-detailed open-world survival game featuring complex metabolism and combat systems that appeal to hardcore VEIN fans.

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Open World 15%, Crafting 10.8%, Co-op 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A session-based PvE survival game featuring intense weather, exploration, and tech progression comparable to VEIN's survival challenges.

After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 17%, Survival 12.1%, Open World 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Base Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox zombie survival game set in a realistic open world, closely matching VEIN's specific aesthetic and premise.

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 34.7%, Open World 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, Crafting 8.4%, Exploration 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A pristine but unforgiving survival experience focusing on environmental hazards and resource management, matching VEIN's survival depth.

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Why similar: Survival 32.6%, Open World 19.6%, Crafting 14.5%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Sandbox 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: An intense multiplayer survival game centered around base building, raiding, and resource gathering akin to VEIN's online sandbox.

MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Why similar: Survival 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Base Building 13.4%, Open World 13.1%, Co-op 9.2%

「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.

Why similar: Zombies 17.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Open World 13.1%, Co-op 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival crafting by day with intense monster defense by night, similar to VEIN's defensive loop.

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

Why similar: Survival 30%, Open World 20.3%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Co-op 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers isolated survival crafting and island exploration for players who enjoy VEIN's fundamental gathering and building loops.

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 14.8%, Co-op 11.1%, Crafting 9.8%

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 14.5%, Base Building 14%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%

Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!

Why similar: Open World 18.6%, Survival 18.4%, Co-op 13.6%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 10.4%

Human Host is an open-world zombie survival crafting game. In this endless procedurally generated world, terrain, buildings, trees, rocks—everything is destructible! Build massive mobile bases, dig deep underground, construct trap-filled fortresses, scavenge supplies, and survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Zombies 26.6%, Survival 21.6%, Open World 15.4%, Crafting 13.9%, Sandbox 10.8%

Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!

Why similar: Zombies 19.8%, Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Open World 13.5%, Base Building 9.8%

In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.

Why similar: Zombies 27.9%, Open World 19.5%, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 7.6%

DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Zombies 22.1%, Open World 17.1%, Survival 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 11%

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

Why similar: Survival 19.4%, Base Building 17.8%, Open World 15.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%

Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

Why similar: Survival 19.2%, Open World 17.8%, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 11.3%, Co-op 11.2%

Explore, survive, and push the boundaries of the horizon in a vast, procedurally generated world. Customize your vehicle, face unpredictable events, gather resources, and embark on a unique adventure, alone or with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Survival 19.9%, Open World 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Co-op 13.9%, Multiplayer 10%

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Survival 15.8%, Open World 15%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Crafting 10.9%

Open world zombie survival Coop game with base building, looting, crafting, vehicles, and exploration.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Co-op 15.6%, Open World 15.6%, Action RPG 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%

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: Survival 23.5%, Zombies 21%, Open World 18%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%

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 29.1%, Survival 18.8%, Open World 16%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Base Building 8.1%

The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.

Why similar: Base Building 21.7%, Survival 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 12.1%

A horror co-op extraction builder set in a scorched wasteland where everything burns. Descend with your friends into shifting ruins, rip out furniture, and scavenge for loot before the Corrupted close in. Make it back alive, then rebuild the Outpost to better your chances for the next run.

Why similar: Base Building 30.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Crafting 18.4%, First-Person 7.5%

Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.

Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Survival 20.2%, Open World 18.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Co-op 7.3%

The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.

Why similar: Zombies 21%, Survival 14.8%, Open World 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Crafting 9.5%

(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.

Why similar: Zombies 23%, Survival 16%, Base Building 12.3%, Open World 11.7%, Crafting 10.7%

In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.

Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Open World 19.7%, Survival 19.4%, Crafting 13.3%, Sandbox 10.1%

Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!

Why similar: Zombies 18.8%, Survival 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Open World 12.2%

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: Survival 15.3%, Open World 14.6%, Zombies 12.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%

KeepUp Survival is an open-world base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and shape your own story on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Survival 15.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Open World 14.8%, Co-op 10.8%, Crafting 9.6%

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Why similar: Survival 27.5%, Open World 22%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Multiplayer 10%, Crafting 7.9%

Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!

Why similar: Survival 28.9%, Base Building 21.5%, Crafting 19.6%, Open World 19%, Exploration 9.4%

Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

Why similar: Survival 27.9%, Open World 25.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Co-op 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.6%

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Survival 17%, Base Building 16.9%, Open World 14.5%, Co-op 13.4%, Crafting 10.1%

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Survival 15.1%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 14.1%, Co-op 11.1%