- #1 Palworld
96% matchVery Positive94% of 417,805 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.2 hrsMean: 70.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 22.5% ★, Survival 12.7%, Open World 10.7%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep creature-management system where you capture and automate tasks, mirroring the zombie-companion loop of the seed game.
- #2 DEADCRAFT
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 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 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Hack and Slash 15.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar core mechanic of farming and utilizing zombies to assist with your survival and combat needs.
- #3 7 Days to Die
96% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Zombies 17.8%, Survival 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Base Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the definitive experience for zombie-focused base building and defensive fortification against massive hordes.
- #4 Project Zomboid
95% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Zombies 20.9%, Open World Survival Craft 17.9% ★, Survival 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Open World 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for deep, realistic zombie survival mechanics and long-term base development.
- #5 Night of the Dead
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 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 20.4% ★, Zombies 17.3%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world survival with heavy tower-defense mechanics to manage waves of zombies.
- #6 How to Survive 2
94% matchMixed69% of 10,988 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 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 22.7%, Open World Survival Craft 18.9% ★, Survival 14.7%, Co-op 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes crafting and co-op play against zombie threats.
- #7 The Riftbreaker
93% matchVery Positive90% of 23,181 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Isometric 12.1%, Hack and Slash 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base building and tower defense with intense combat, capturing the strategic element of defending your territory.
- #8 DYSMANTLE
92% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 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 24.1%, Survival 17.3%, Crafting 15.9%, Base Building 15.5%, Open World 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and crafting in a post-apocalyptic world where you can dismantle almost anything to build your defenses.
- #9 Conan Exiles
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.1% ★, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 12.1%, Open World 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a thrall system that allows you to capture and command NPCs to defend your base, similar to controlling zombies.
- #10 HumanitZ
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,640 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.2 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: Zombies 15.3%, Open World Survival Craft 11.6% ★, Base Building 9.4%, Isometric 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a classic isometric survival experience with a focus on scavenging and base defense.
- #11 Craftopia
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,974 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.2% ★, Crafting 15.9%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Includes creature catching and automation mechanics that feel very similar to the utility-focused gameplay of ParadiZe.
- #12 No One Survived
89% matchMixed65% of 7,577 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.9 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 19.9%, Survival 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features extensive crafting and base-building mechanics in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.
- #13 SurrounDead
89% matchVery Positive92% of 23,544 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Zombies 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Survival 13.8%, Open World Survival Craft 12% ★, Open World 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A solid open-world survival game that focuses on looting and building in a zombie-ridden landscape.
- #14 Dying Light
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 482,438 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 60.9 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: Zombies 19.4%, Open World Survival Craft 15.8% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Survival 8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers high-octane action and parkour-based combat that captures the intensity of fighting through zombie-infested zones.
- #15 Decision: Red Daze
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 11.7%, Action RPG 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with survival and base-building in a world plagued by a mysterious infection.
- #16 Dead Island 2
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 23,672 reviews2024
Dev: Dambuster StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.
Why similar: Zombies 23.8%, Co-op 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Action RPG 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides visceral, action-heavy zombie combat in a vibrant, post-apocalyptic setting.
- #17 Survival Machine
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.5% ★, Zombies 12.6%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Base Building 10.5%, Co-op 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique mobile base-building mechanic that keeps the gameplay dynamic and action-oriented.
- #18 DeadPoly
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,800 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.7% ★, Zombies 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Base Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that focuses on multiplayer cooperation and base building.
- #19 IfSunSets
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,127 reviews2024
Dev: POLYMORPHPub: Smilegate
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.8 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 16% ★, Zombies 13.6%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Co-op 9.3%, Base Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with crafting and base defense against nocturnal threats.
- #20 RimWorld
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 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 32.7%, Open World 14.8%, Singleplayer 4.5%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers complex colony management where you must defend your base against various threats, including undead-like raids.
- #21 Valheim
83% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 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 23.6% ★, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Crafting 9%
Why You'll Like It: A premier co-op survival game with a heavy emphasis on building and defending your base from hostile forces.
- #22 Kenshi
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 20.8%, Survival 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for deep squad management and base building in a brutal, unforgiving world.
- #23 Don't Starve Together
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 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 51.4% ★, Survival 25.8%, Co-op 6.2%, Multiplayer 5.5%, Online Co-Op 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging co-op survival game that requires constant base maintenance and resource management.
- #24 Dead Maze
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,790 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 27.6%, Survival 17.5%, Multiplayer 10%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Co-op 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer survival game that emphasizes working together to rebuild society.
- #25 Zombie Builder Defense
82% matchMixed67% of 509 reviews2018
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 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 21.5%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Base Building 13.9%, Co-op 11%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the cooperative defense of a base against increasingly difficult waves of zombies.
- #26 Zelter
80% matchMixed48% of 1,968 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!
Why similar: Zombies 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Survival 15.2%, Open World Survival Craft 12.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based survival game that emphasizes crafting and defending your home from zombie attacks.
- #27 How to Survive
78% matchVery Positive83% of 17,095 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 22.1%, Open World Survival Craft 16.9% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Co-op 9%
- #28 Zombasite
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 213 reviews2016
Dev: Soldak Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 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 22.5%, Hack and Slash 14%, Isometric 12.1%, RPG 11.9%, Action RPG 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that incorporates zombie survival elements and dynamic world events.
- #29 Radiation Island
79% matchVery Positive80% of 623 reviews2016
Dev: Atypical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 33.1% ★, Zombies 18.8%, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 7%, Open World 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival, exploration, and crafting in a mysterious, hostile environment.
- #30 Polygeddon
77% matchMixed42% of 64 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 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Co-op 12.4%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 10.2%
- #31 DREADZONE
76% matchMixed51% of 1,171 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 15.6%, Co-op 13.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Survival 11.7%
- #32 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
74% matchVery Positive82% of 9,646 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 20.8% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 11%, Co-op 10.3%
- #33 Survivalist
77% matchVery Positive80% of 2,560 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 18.7%, Survival 12.9%, Open World Survival Craft 11% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Base Building 8.2%
- #34 Zombie Survival Game Online
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
Windows
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.1% ★, Zombies 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Crafting 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 33.9%, Survival 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Open World 11.4%, Base Building 8%
- #36 Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 868 reviews2024
Dev: DAWINSTONE
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 20.2% ★, Zombies 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Action RPG 11%, Survival 10.4%
- #37 Survive the Nights
72% matchMixed66% of 6,335 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 17.7%, Open World Survival Craft 16.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Co-op 10.3%
- #38 State of Decay: YOSE
73% matchVery Positive82% of 12,799 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.0 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 29.2%, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Open World 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #39 Frozen Flame
73% matchMixed63% of 2,965 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamside InteractivePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 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 20.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Base Building 12%, Hack and Slash 10.3%, Survival 9.7%
- #40 Blood Night
70% matchVery Positive96% of 107 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 21.4%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
- #41 Soviet Survival
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 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 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Isometric 11.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 10.2%
- #42 Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,038 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 32.9%, Open World Survival Craft 14.3% ★, Co-op 11.2%, Open World 9.3%, Survival 8%
- #43 Nearly Dead - Live and Let Die
71% 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 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Hack and Slash 13.4%, Action RPG 10.5%
- #44 Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
69% matchVery Positive88% of 9,550 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 18.4% ★, Zombies 16.2%, Co-op 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Survival 9.1%
- #45 Tinkerlands
68% matchVery Positive86% of 3,746 reviews2025
Dev: CodeManuPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.7 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 24.9% ★, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Survival 11.3%, Co-op 11.1%, Crafting 10%
- #46 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
69% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 39.2 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 21.6%, Survival 14.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Open World 10%, Co-op 9.5%
- #47 Dead Island Definitive Edition
70% matchVery Positive82% of 27,187 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.1 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 30.7%, Co-op 14.9%, Survival 11.5%, Multiplayer 10%, Open World 9.5%
- #48 Ultimate Zombie Defense
70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,653 reviews2020
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.2 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 30.4%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 12.4%, Survival 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #49 Niffelheim
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,327 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 17.3% ★, Co-op 12.3%, Crafting 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%
- #50 Beyond the Map
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 659 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 21.2% ★, Isometric 14.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Action RPG 9.9%, Hack and Slash 9.4%
- #51 Apocalypse Island
68% matchMixed41% of 66 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 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 6.2%
- #52 Gatewalkers
69% 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 13.2%, Hack and Slash 11.5%, Action RPG 11.3%, Co-op 10.9%
- #53 Grounded
65% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Survival 15.2%, Co-op 12.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%
- #54 VEIN
64% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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%, Survival 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Co-op 10.7%
- #55 ZED ZONE
66% matchVery Positive80% of 3,539 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 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 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Open World 11.6%
- #56 Far Lands
67% matchMixed66% of 166 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 21.2% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Survival 13.3%, Open World 8.2%
- #57 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
68% matchMixed56% of 8,877 reviews2019
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.7% ★, Survival 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Open World 8.1%
