- #1 DeadPoly
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,910 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.3 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 29.3% ★, Zombies 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the polygon-style zombie survival experience with a focus on looting and base building.
- #2 Unturned
96% matchVery Positive91% of 562,983 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
Why similar: Zombies 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, FPS 11.7%, Survival 10.2%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same iconic low-poly aesthetic combined with deep survival, crafting, and zombie-slaying mechanics.
- #3 Walking Zombie: Shooter
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 500 reviews2018
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Walking Zombie is a stationary FPS with an online co-op mode in a world full of zombies to kill. Buy and upgrade your weapons, kill all enemies in 200 levels and destroy mighty boss monsters before they eat you alive!
Why similar: Zombies 26.7%, FPS 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Shooter 10.6%, Survival 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this title offers a more focused, arcade-style take on the zombie-shooting gameplay found in the sequel.
- #4 7 Days to Die
94% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 108.3 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 27% ★, Zombies 16.6%, Survival 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title is the gold standard for open-world zombie survival, offering extensive crafting and RPG-like skill progression.
- #5 Zompiercer
95% matchVery Positive89% of 4,324 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, FPS 13.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a low-poly FPS that emphasizes zombie survival and base management in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #6 Dying Light
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 487,201 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 61.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Zombies 19.2%, FPS 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game elevates the zombie-slaying experience with parkour and RPG elements, offering a more immersive post-apocalyptic world.
- #7 SurrounDead
92% matchVery Positive92% of 24,802 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.9 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 26.4%, Open World Survival Craft 19.2% ★, Survival 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Open World 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the open-world survival feel with a focus on looting, exploration, and managing resources against zombie hordes.
- #8 Dead Island Definitive Edition
93% matchVery Positive82% of 27,529 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Why similar: Zombies 36.4%, Open World 15.1%, Survival 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%, FPS 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more polished, high-fidelity experience that shares the same core loop of RPG-lite progression and first-person zombie combat.
- #9 Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 876 reviews2024
Dev: DAWINSTONE
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Zombies 14.5%, Gun Customization 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong focus on RPG progression and squad-based combat within a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies.
- #10 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
90% matchVery Positive83% of 68,064 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 30.1%, Survival 20%, Open World 18.5%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the survival and RPG management aspects of a zombie apocalypse, requiring strategic base building and character development.
- #11 How to Survive 2
91% matchMixed69% of 11,001 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: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Zombies 24%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the RPG and crafting elements of zombie survival with a top-down perspective that still feels very similar in tone.
- #12 Dead Frontier 2
89% matchMixed70% of 28,093 reviews2019
Dev: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.
Why similar: Zombies 33.7%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Survival 16.6%, Sandbox 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the RPG and survival-horror aspects, providing a gritty, quest-driven experience similar to the seed game.
- #13 HumanitZ
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,839 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Open World Survival Craft 19.9% ★, Zombies 17.4%, Survival 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a classic survival experience with base building and RPG elements in an open-world zombie setting.
- #14 Dead Maze
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,795 reviews2018
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.
Why similar: Zombies 35%, Survival 22%, Open World 12.5%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is a multiplayer-focused zombie RPG that emphasizes cooperative survival and character development.
- #15 Will To Live Online
88% matchMixed69% of 18,236 reviews2018
Dev: AlphaSoft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.7% ★, Survival 17%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Open World 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more hardcore, multiplayer-focused post-apocalyptic survival experience with RPG elements.
- #16 SAS: Zombie Assault 4
87% matchVery Positive86% of 9,576 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.
Why similar: Zombies 47.9%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Shooter 13.3%, Survival 11.9%, RPG 5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a top-down, RPG-heavy shooter experience that focuses on upgrading gear and surviving waves of zombies.
- #17 BrainBread 2
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 5,202 reviews2022
Dev: Reperio Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Grab a weapon, demolish your enemies, level up, become more powerful, let the gore flow, let the limbs fly. BrainBread 2 introduces a zombie fps mixed with RPG / Arcade elements, the game is very action-packed and generally fast-paced.
Why similar: Zombies 30.5%, FPS 16.4%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Survival 12.6%, Shooter 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, multiplayer-focused zombie shooter that captures the arcade intensity of the seed game.
- #18 Survive the Nights
84% matchMixed66% of 6,549 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 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 22.8% ★, Zombies 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, FPS 10.1%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the survival and base-building aspects of a zombie apocalypse with a focus on realistic mechanics.
- #19 Project Zomboid
85% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 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 26.3% ★, Zombies 20.3%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: While isometric, it offers the most comprehensive survival and RPG mechanics for players who enjoy the depth of zombie-themed progression.
- #20 CastleMiner Z
84% matchVery Positive81% of 11,113 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalDNA Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.9% ★, Zombies 15.6%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 7.8%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: This title features a blocky, low-poly world with a heavy emphasis on crafting and surviving against zombie threats.
- #21 BLOCKPOST LEGACY
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 16,529 reviews2019
Dev: Skullcap Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Procedural cubic 3D-shooter in the best traditions of the genre. The game is a rich cocktail consisting of the most popular and functional gaming solutions. Customization of characters, opening cases and improving the existing arsenal — all this is available in the game now!
Why similar: FPS 37.9%, Multiplayer 18%, Shooter 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, First-Person 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar low-poly visual style with a focus on fast-paced, multiplayer shooter mechanics.
- #22 Infestation: The New Z
82% matchMixed54% of 33,897 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Why similar: Zombies 35.9%, Survival 16.9%, Open World 15.1%, Multiplayer 11.8%, FPS 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is an open-world survival game that focuses on player-versus-player and player-versus-zombie combat.
- #23 Stay Out
81% matchMixed69% of 30,217 reviews2019
Dev: MOBITECH LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Open World 18.5%, Survival 17.6%, Shooter 15.5%, Multiplayer 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a post-apocalyptic, open-world shooter experience with strong RPG elements and survival mechanics.
- #24 iZolated
80% matchMixed70% of 119 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 16.6%, Open World Survival Craft 14% ★, Zombies 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Sandbox 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a sandbox-style experience with character customization and RPG elements in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #25 Nomad
82% matchMixed60% of 4,634 reviews2015
Dev: Diminished Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Zombies 15.2%, Survival 11.6%, Multiplayer 9%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes exploration and crafting in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world.
- #26 Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 12,747 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Why similar: Zombies 33.4%, Open World 14.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Open World Survival Craft 11.3% ★, Survival 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the RPG-shooter hybrid gameplay of the original, focusing on weapon modification and character skill trees.
- #27 Zombie Survival Game Online
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 308 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 26% ★, Zombies 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, FPS 10.2%, Survival 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a looter-shooter that emphasizes survival and progression in an open-world zombie environment.
- #28 Pixel Strike 3D
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 12,614 reviews2020
Dev: Vulcron
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Pixel Strike 3D is a Multiplayer First-Person Shooter that features fast-paced gameplay and a wide variety of player customization. Battle friends and foes from all around the world in over 20 unique game modes, with over 70 available weapons.
Why similar: Gun Customization 26.9%, FPS 24.4%, Shooter 14.9%, Multiplayer 14.4%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the low-poly, blocky aesthetic while focusing on competitive and cooperative FPS gameplay.
- #29 Killing Floor 2
78% matchVery Positive88% of 128,795 reviews2016
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 85.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Why similar: Zombies 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, FPS 16.4%, Survival 12.4%, Shooter 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the high-octane FPS combat and RPG-style perk progression against waves of zombies.
- #30 DARKEST DAYS
77% matchMixed49% of 4,909 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Open World 14.7%, Survival 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.9%
- #31 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
78% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 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 39.4% ★, Survival 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Open World 8.6%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the open-world survival and crafting aspects of a post-apocalyptic environment.
- #32 Night of the Dead
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,782 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'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: Open World Survival Craft 31.5% ★, Zombies 17.5%, Open World 9.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Survival 9.1%
- #33 Next Day: Survival
76% matchMixed62% of 10,257 reviews2018
Dev: SOFF GamesPub: Last Level
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 23.1%, Open World 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Crafting 7.6%
- #34 Taora : Beginning
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,235 reviews2023
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 15.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Action RPG 10.9%, Open World 10.2%
- #35 Days Gone
73% matchVery Positive93% of 114,079 reviews2021
Dev: Bend StudioPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 19.0 hrsMean: 43.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Open World 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Survival 11.5%
- #36 Mist Survival
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,126 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 35.3% ★, Zombies 20%, Survival 15.9%, Open World 11.7%, Sandbox 5.5%
- #37 Dead Effect 2
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,297 reviews2016
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.Pub: App Holdings
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 30.7%, FPS 21.6%, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Shooter 8.4%
- #38 Survivalist
75% matchVery Positive80% of 2,568 reviews2015
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Why similar: Zombies 20.1%, Open World Survival Craft 18% ★, Survival 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Open World 9%
- #39 BlackShot: Mercenary Warfare FPS
74% matchMixed54% of 3,057 reviews2016
Dev: Vertigo Games AmericaPub: Papaya Play
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
BlackShot is a free-to-play, first-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world.Join other mercenaries in brutal team combat, multiple game modes, and experience in-depth customization to create your perfect warrior!
Why similar: FPS 34.8%, Shooter 17.8%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Zombies 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.3%
- #40 Deadswitch 3
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,457 reviews2021
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Deadswitch 3 is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons and multiple solo and team-based game modes.
Why similar: Gun Customization 34.3%, Zombies 29.5%, Shooter 22.6%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Action 4%
- #41 Deadside
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,248 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, FPS 12.8%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 10%
- #42 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
68% matchVery Positive88% of 9,878 reviews2023
Dev: Adrian Kaminski
Windows
Loot. Kill. Survive. Can you escape ? (probably not) Zumbi Blocks 2 is the official sequel to the 2013 free browser zombie game. Stuck on an island, cut off from the rest of humanity, you wake up. The secret to breaking free from this place lies asleep, underground. From the soil, zumbies emerge.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.2% ★, Zombies 16.4%, FPS 11%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Survival 9.2%
- #43 Miscreated
70% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 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 38.1% ★, Zombies 13.8%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%
- #44 Pixel Combat: Zombie Shooter
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 158 reviews2025
Dev: Avega GamesPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Pixel Combat Shooter is a pixel shooter where you have to fight for survival in a world plagued by zombie apocalypse. Defend your home from waves of zombies, build a time machine and fight unique bosses. Crafting, upgrades and a nostalgic atmosphere.
Why similar: Zombies 30.5%, Shooter 23.3%, Survival 16.6%, First-Person 11%, Action 9.7%
- #45 Gone: Survival
71% matchMixed44% of 310 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 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: Zombies 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #46 Crafting Dead
72% matchMixed57% of 158 reviews2017
Dev: Ferullo Gaming
Windows
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 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.3%
- #47 POLYGON
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 36,799 reviews2020
Dev: Redaster Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
POLYGON is a tactical multiplayer team 1st person shooter. Using various weapons, you will battle with up to 32 players on large-scale maps. Properly managing your arsenal and skills, you will lead your team to victory!
Why similar: FPS 28.9%, Gun Customization 24.3%, Shooter 21.2%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Stylized 5.6%
- #48 Herd is Coming
70% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.1% ★, Zombies 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Open World 10.4%, Survival 9.4%
- #49 Zombie Watch
70% matchMixed42% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Wildlak
Windows
Top-down open world single player / survival / RPG game with zombies and wildlife.
Why similar: Zombies 38%, Survival 30%, RPG 13.5%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Adventure 6.1%
- #50 How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
71% matchMixed57% of 1,261 reviews2015
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.9% ★, Zombies 23.3%, Survival 14.9%, Open World 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #51 Deadly Flare
67% 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 27.4% ★, Zombies 11.9%, Survival 9.4%, FPS 9.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #52 Survival Nation
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 254 reviews2023
Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
Windows
An open-world online RPG, survival game designed for VR. In this game, you will kill hundreds of zombies, acquire weapons, learn new skills, craft, explore the world, complete quests, and fight for survival. Choose from three modes: Solo, PVE, and PVP. Will you join a Survival Nation?
Why similar: Zombies 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Open World 10.6%, Survival 10.5%, FPS 9.7%
- #53 KUBOOM
69% matchMixed64% of 4,450 reviews2016
Dev: nobodyshot
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Cross-platform hurricane online 3D Shooter
Why similar: FPS 33.2%, Multiplayer 20.7%, Shooter 18.7%, First-Person 8.2%, Action 5.4%
- #54 Zombie Panic! Source
69% matchVery Positive85% of 7,843 reviews2008
Dev: Zombie Panic! Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification.
Why similar: Zombies 38.6%, Survival 14.5%, FPS 13.4%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Shooter 6.5%
- #55 XERA: Survival
67% matchMixed66% of 7,908 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 31.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 8.8%, FPS 8.7%
- #56 V.O.D.K.A. Open World Survival Shooter
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% ★, Survival 11.8%, Open World 11.5%, FPS 11.4%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #57 Winter Survivor Protocol
62% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Zombies 33.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Open World 18.3%, RPG 9.6%, Survival 8.9%