- #1 DEADCRAFT
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Farm the dead to stay alive in DEADCRAFT, a new twist on the zombie survival-action genre! As a half-zombie, grow an army of loyal undead followers and build an arsenal to equip them to take revenge on the rulers of humanity's last city.
Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Hack and Slash 15.1%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the unique premise of crafting and controlling your own army of zombies to survive in a harsh wasteland.
- #2 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
96% matchVery Positive83% of 69,051 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Zombies 21.9%, Survival 14.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Open World 10%, Co-op 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most robust community and base management system for zombie survival, focusing on protecting your camp and survivors.
- #3 ARK: Survival Ascended
96% matchMixed60% of 110,562 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 26.3 hrsMean: 195.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 21.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 14.8%, Open World 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: The core taming mechanic is the closest gameplay equivalent to ParadiZe's zombie-hacking system, allowing you to build a team of creatures to fight and gather for you.
- #4 HumanitZ
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,392 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 15.6%, Open World Survival Craft 11.8% ★, Base Building 9.3%, Isometric 9.3%, Survival 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A modern open-world survival game that captures the classic scavenging and base-building feel of the genre.
- #5 Project Zomboid
94% matchVery Positive94% of 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Zombies 21%, Open World Survival Craft 18% ★, Survival 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Open World 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the most comprehensive zombie survival simulation available, offering unparalleled depth in crafting, base building, and survival mechanics.
- #6 Night of the Dead
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,822 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.3 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 20.8% ★, Zombies 17.4%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at combining open-world survival with intense tower-defense mechanics against massive zombie waves.
- #7 DYSMANTLE
93% matchVery Positive91% of 11,503 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 24.3%, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 15.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Open World 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly satisfying loop of exploration, crafting, and destroying the environment to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #8 7 Days to Die
91% matchVery Positive87% of 402,373 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 109.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.3% ★, Zombies 18%, Survival 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for zombie base-building and tower defense, requiring constant fortification against incoming hordes.
- #9 How to Survive 2
92% matchMixed69% of 11,008 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 22.9%, Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Survival 14.6%, Co-op 9%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting and base fortification while fighting off hordes of zombies in co-op.
- #10 No One Survived
91% matchMixed64% of 7,705 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 20.2%, Survival 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed survival game that focuses on scavenging, crafting, and building a secure base in a zombie-infested world.
- #11 SurrounDead
90% matchVery Positive92% of 25,610 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Zombies 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Survival 13.9%, Open World Survival Craft 12.3% ★, Open World 10%
Why You'll Like It: A singleplayer-focused zombie survival game with a strong emphasis on looting, gear management, and exploration.
- #12 Decision: Red Daze
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 889 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.6%, Action RPG 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Blends action-RPG combat with base defense mechanics, making it a strong thematic match for zombie survival fans.
- #13 DeadPoly
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,038 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 18.1% ★, Zombies 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Base Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that focuses on the core pillars of scavenging, base building, and zombie combat.
- #14 Don't Starve Together
88% matchVery Positive95% of 537,789 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 51.7% ★, Survival 25.6%, Co-op 6.2%, Multiplayer 5.4%, Online Co-Op 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging co-op survival game with a focus on base management and unique character abilities that help you survive the wilderness.
- #15 Necesse
86% matchVery Positive93% of 27,498 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Survival 9.2%, Co-op 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game allows you to manage a base and recruit minions, providing a similar sense of automation and defense.
- #16 The Forest
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 676,820 reviews2018
Dev: Endnight Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.7% ★, Survival 20.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 11.6%, Zombies 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an intense survival experience with deep base-building mechanics and a focus on defending against aggressive, intelligent enemies.
- #17 Dead Maze
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,803 reviews2018
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.3 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 27.8%, Survival 17.5%, Multiplayer 10%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Co-op 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer zombie survival game that emphasizes community cooperation and crafting.
- #18 Survival Machine
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 777 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Zombies 19.5%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Hack and Slash 13.4%, Crafting 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique take on the genre where your base is a mobile machine, requiring constant maintenance and defense while you travel.
- #19 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
84% matchVery Positive82% of 10,269 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.1% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Survival 11.1%, Co-op 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique base-building and creature interaction mechanics in a cooperative survival setting.
- #20 Valheim
84% matchVery Positive94% of 536,933 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 77.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: While set in a different theme, it provides the gold standard for cooperative survival, base building, and progression.
- #21 RimWorld
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 242,338 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.7 hrsMean: 264.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Base Building 44.2%, Survival 32.8%, Open World 15%, Singleplayer 4.4%, Indie 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep colony management where you can recruit and direct various pawns to build a base and survive against all odds.
- #22 Frozen Flame
83% matchMixed63% of 2,982 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Hack and Slash 10.4%, Survival 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes exploration, crafting, and base development in a fantasy-inspired setting.
- #23 Tinkerlands
80% matchVery Positive86% of 3,973 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Online Co-Op 14%, Survival 11.3%, Co-op 11%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game with a focus on crafting and base building that offers a more relaxed pace.
- #24 Zombie Builder Defense
82% matchMixed67% of 511 reviews2018
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
Why similar: Zombies 21.8%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Co-op 10.9%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the base-building and defense aspects of zombie survival, perfect for those who enjoy the camp-protection loop.
- #25 Polygeddon
81% matchMixed41% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreamworks
Windows
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Co-op 12.3%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that combines RPG elements with zombie combat and exploration.
- #26 Soviet Survival
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Hunt Studio
Windows
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
Why similar: Zombies 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Isometric 11.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on scavenging and base construction in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #27 Radiation Island
81% matchVery Positive81% of 632 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Zombies 19.1%, Survival 17.6%, Crafting 6.7%, Open World 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy survival game with crafting and action elements set in a mysterious, hostile environment.
- #28 Romestead
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,222 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.2% ★, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.8%
- #29 How to Survive
78% matchVery Positive83% of 17,098 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 22.3%, Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 9.4%, Co-op 8.9%
- #30 Zombasite
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 215 reviews2016
Dev: Soldak Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Zombasite is a zombie apocalypse action RPG set in a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Why similar: Zombies 22.6%, Hack and Slash 14%, Isometric 12.1%, RPG 11.9%, Action RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that incorporates zombie themes and survival management, offering a different perspective on the genre.
- #31 DREADZONE
77% matchMixed51% of 1,197 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
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 15.8%, Co-op 13%, Base Building 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Survival 11.7%
- #32 Survive the Nights
75% matchMixed66% of 6,615 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 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: Zombies 17.9%, Open World Survival Craft 17% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Co-op 10.2%
- #33 VEIN
74% matchVery Positive89% of 11,054 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Zombies 18.5%, Survival 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Co-op 10.4%
- #34 Zombie Survival Game Online
76% matchMixed70% of 313 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 17.3% ★, Zombies 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Crafting 8.9%
- #35 State of Decay
76% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Why similar: Zombies 34.1%, Survival 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 7.9%
- #36 Blood Night
73% matchVery Positive96% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Team
Windows
(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 21.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
- #37 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
72% matchVery Positive88% of 10,174 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 18.5% ★, Zombies 16.3%, Co-op 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Survival 9.1%
- #38 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,414 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom Game Studio VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
Why similar: Zombies 33.1%, Open World Survival Craft 14.4% ★, Co-op 11.1%, Open World 9.3%, Survival 7.9%
- #39 Nearly Dead - Live and Let Die
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 223 reviews2023
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
2D top-down multi co-op action game. Survive the zombies together with a stranger.
Why similar: Zombies 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Hack and Slash 13.5%, Action RPG 10.6%
- #40 Ultimate Zombie Defense
72% matchVery Positive85% of 4,743 reviews2020
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?
Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Survival 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #41 Beyond the Map
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 722 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Isometric 14.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Action RPG 10%, Hack and Slash 9.5%
- #42 Dead Island Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive82% of 27,843 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.6 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 31%, Co-op 14.8%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Open World 9.6%
- #43 DYSPLACED
68% matchVery Positive89% of 324 reviews2026
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Grenades are holy relics. Shotguns are spellcraft. In this top-down survival action-RPG, discover a fantasy realm invaded by modern world and destroy nearly everything. Scavenge artifacts, forge weapons, build outposts, brew potions, and hunt the corruption devouring the land. Play solo or co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 20.7%, Crafting 18.9%, Survival 17.8%, Zombies 16.6%, Open World 15.8%
- #44 IfSunSets
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,314 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
「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: Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Zombies 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Base Building 11.2%, Co-op 11%
- #45 State of Decay: YOSE
71% matchVery Positive82% of 13,049 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 13%, Open World 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #46 Gatewalkers
70% matchMixed68% of 336 reviews2023
Dev: A2 Softworks
Windows
Gatewalkers is a unique mixture of co-op game, survival and RPG. You, as a Gatewalkers, travel across different worlds in order to save your own. Explore procedurally generated worlds, face hostile inhabitants and challenges like extreme weather conditions, toxic atmosphere, lack of water and more.
Why similar: Isometric 14.1%, Online Co-Op 13%, Hack and Slash 11.6%, Action RPG 11.4%, Survival 10.8%
- #47 Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 889 reviews2024
Dev: DAWINSTONE
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 20.5% ★, Zombies 19%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Action RPG 11%, Survival 10.3%
- #48 Niffelheim
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,334 reviews2018
Dev: Ellada Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.6% ★, Co-op 12.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.2%
- #49 Everwind
66% matchVery Positive81% of 3,601 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Online Co-Op 14.4%, Co-op 14.2%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Action RPG 11.8%
- #50 Survivalist
70% 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 18.8%, Survival 12.9%, Open World Survival Craft 11.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Base Building 8.1%
- #51 Apocalypse Island
69% matchMixed40% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Bettini Games
Windows
As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.
Why similar: Zombies 29.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 6.2%
- #52 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
69% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 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 33% ★, Survival 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Open World 8.1%
- #53 Shamania
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 154 reviews2026
Dev: Totem Keepers Games
Windows
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.2% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.9%, Co-op 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.6%
- #54 Palworld
63% matchVery Positive94% of 425,619 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.3 hrsMean: 71.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Survival 12.8%, Open World 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.9%
- #55 DARKEST DAYS
67% matchMixed49% of 5,018 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 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 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Survival 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Open World 9.5%
- #56 Far Lands
67% matchMixed65% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Scalpel Softworks
Windows
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 8.2%
- #57 ZED ZONE
65% matchVery Positive80% of 3,598 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 14%, Open World 11.7%
