- #1 STALCRAFT: X
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 96,351 reviews2022
Dev: EXBO
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 92.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
STALCRAFT: X is the largest open-world online game in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Explore the world full of mutants and anomalies alone or with friends — unforgettable emotions guaranteed.
Why similar: MMORPG 28.4% ★, Multiplayer 19.1%, Massively Multiplayer 17.7%, FPS 15.6%, Shooter 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest match to Will To Live Online, offering a seamless blend of MMO progression and STALKER-inspired post-apocalyptic shooter mechanics.
- #2 Once Human
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 167,251 reviews2024
Dev: Starry Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.3% ★, Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Open World 11.8%, Massively Multiplayer 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality survival MMO that features a massive open world, supernatural threats, and deep base-building mechanics.
- #3 Stay Out
96% matchMixed68% of 29,668 reviews2019
Dev: MOBITECH LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 18.5 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: Survival 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, MMORPG 18.1% ★, Open World 15.9%, Multiplayer 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title shares the same gritty, Eastern European-inspired post-apocalyptic atmosphere and focus on dangerous anomalies.
- #4 PIONER
95% matchMixed65% of 3,315 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: Survival 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, MMORPG 12.9% ★, Open World 12.3%, Massively Multiplayer 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: An upcoming open-world survival shooter that mirrors the aesthetic and gameplay loop of exploring dangerous, mutated landscapes.
- #5 Deadside
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,013 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.2 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 22.9% ★, Survival 19.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Open World 11.6%, FPS 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic gunplay and survival in a large, open world where players must scavenge and defend their territory.
- #6 DayZ
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 456,703 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.6 hrsMean: 272.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: Survival 28%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Open World 13.4%, Massively Multiplayer 12.8%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential hardcore survival experience that defines the genre with its unforgiving world and high-stakes player interactions.
- #7 SCUM
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.3% ★, Survival 20.4%, Massively Multiplayer 14.8%, Open World 14.6%, FPS 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep survival simulation with complex character management and a persistent, dangerous open world.
- #8 Miscreated
92% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 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 32.4% ★, Survival 23%, Open World 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes exploration, scavenging, and intense PvP encounters in a decaying world.
- #9 Next Day: Survival
91% 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 33.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Open World 19.4%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Crafting 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a harsh, open-world environment where players must balance survival needs with faction-based combat.
- #10 Lost Light
91% matchMixed56% of 27,603 reviews2022
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Join the "Firefly" task force and unveil the sinister plot behind the exclusion zone in the world of Lost Light. You could either scavenge for supplies or go out with guns blazing and plunder. Survive the brutal domain where danger lurks in every corner!
Why similar: Survival 30.9%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Massively Multiplayer 12%, Open World 11.3%, FPS 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: An extraction-based shooter that emphasizes gear management and tactical combat in a hostile environment.
- #11 Fallout 76
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 137,482 reviews2020
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 113.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Open World 18.9%, Survival 18.7%, Multiplayer 13.7%, MMORPG 10% ★
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive, post-apocalyptic multiplayer world filled with quests, factions, and survival elements in a familiar setting.
- #12 Undawn
89% matchMixed54% of 6,521 reviews2023
Dev: Lightspeed StudiosPub: Level Infinite
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.
Why similar: Survival 19.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Open World 15.1%, MMORPG 14.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: A mobile-to-PC port that offers a polished MMORPG experience set in a zombie-infested world with heavy survival focus.
- #13 Rust
88% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Survival 32.8%, Open World Survival Craft 21.6% ★, Open World 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Crafting 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on base-building, it provides the same high-pressure, multiplayer survival experience found in Will To Live Online.
- #14 Dead Frontier 2
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 27,956 reviews2019
Dev: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Survival 23.6%, MMORPG 19.2% ★, Multiplayer 19.1%, Massively Multiplayer 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror MMORPG that focuses on scavenging and combat against hordes of zombies in a persistent world.
- #15 7 Days to Die
86% 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: Survival 26.6%, Open World Survival Craft 25.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Open World 13.2%, Multiplayer 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines voxel-based construction with survival-horror elements, perfect for players who enjoy fortifying against waves of enemies.
- #16 XERA: Survival
86% matchMixed66% of 7,888 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 24.8% ★, Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that emphasizes looting and PvP combat in a world overrun by robots.
- #17 Anomaly Zone
87% matchMixed48% of 974 reviews2019
Dev: NEW STORY GAMESPub: MALSER LLC
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 56.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Anomaly Zone is an open world MMORPG and a post-apocalyptic shooter. Be a scientist, a soldier, a hunter or an engineer. Explore anomalous territories, search for artifacts, fight mutants and other players. Participate in mass PvP and PvE battles. The Zone is waiting!
Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Massively Multiplayer 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Open World 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play MMORPG that focuses on the exploration of dangerous, radiation-filled zones and mutant combat.
- #18 Vigor
84% matchMixed46% of 7,596 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.2%, Multiplayer 25.3%, FPS 18.6%, Shooter 10.2%, Action 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tense extraction shooter that tasks players with surviving and gathering resources in a post-war Norway.
- #19 SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
84% 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 32.2% ★, Survival 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Open World 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward survival game that tasks players with enduring the challenges of a ruined world.
- #20 Hired Ops
83% matchMixed67% of 16,025 reviews2021
Dev: Absolut Soft LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale.
Why similar: FPS 33.2%, Multiplayer 31.3%, Massively Multiplayer 15.8%, Shooter 10.6%, First-Person 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A session-based tactical shooter that captures the gritty, realistic gunplay found in many post-apocalyptic survival games.
- #21 Walking Zombie 2
82% matchVery Positive88% of 13,034 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Survival 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Open World 12.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A story-driven FPS that features RPG elements and a post-apocalyptic world filled with mutants and survivors.
- #22 Survive the Nights
79% 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: Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Survival 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Massively Multiplayer 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic survival mechanics and base fortification against threats that emerge after dark.
- #23 Dead Maze
81% 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: Survival 33.4%, Massively Multiplayer 16.7%, Open World 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D isometric MMO that focuses on cooperative survival and scavenging in a zombie-infested world.
- #24 Wild Terra Online
82% matchMixed60% of 1,830 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Massively Multiplayer 22.2%, Open World 18.4%, MMORPG 12.1% ★, Multiplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox MMORPG that focuses on crafting, building, and survival in a persistent, player-driven world.
- #25 Rem Survival
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.5% ★, Survival 20.6%, Open World 14%, Massively Multiplayer 10%, Crafting 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes crafting and base-building in a hostile, open-world environment.
- #26 Project Zomboid
78% 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: Survival 30.9%, Open World Survival Craft 25.6% ★, Open World 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Multiplayer 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: While isometric, it offers the most comprehensive survival simulation available, emphasizing long-term planning and resource management.
- #27 DARKEST DAYS
76% matchMixed49% of 4,678 reviews2025
Dev: NHN
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.4 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: Survival 25%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Open World 19.9%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Shooter 5.4%
- #28 Nomad
79% 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 31.9% ★, Survival 23.4%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Open World 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on scavenging and player-versus-player combat in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #29 MISERY
73% matchVery Positive85% of 17,893 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Survival 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Open World 13.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%
- #30 Sunrise: survival
77% matchMixed48% of 526 reviews2017
Dev: Fedorov Ilya & Andrew Konovalov
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!
Why similar: Survival 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Massively Multiplayer 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Open World 9%
- #31 OPG: Clan Wars
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Anarchy GamesPub: Street's Game
Windows
OPG: Clan Wars — a multiplayer action game with survival elements. Arena shooter, open world, crafting, and resource battles — fight, evolve, and survive alone or with your team.
Why similar: Survival 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Open World 13.6%, MMORPG 11.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 10.7%
- #32 Survival Classic
74% matchMixed65% of 347 reviews2021
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Try to survive the harsh realities of the cold Siberian countryside. Live long and always remember, man is man's enemy. You can trust no one but it is almost impossible to survive on your own. Choose your path and go to finish. Firefights, transport, crafting and survival.
Why similar: Survival 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Open World 14%, Massively Multiplayer 12%, FPS 9%
- #33 Zombie Survival Game Online
72% 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 25.8% ★, Survival 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Open World 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #34 Infestation: The New Z
74% matchMixed54% of 33,896 reviews2016
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 28.0 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: Survival 34.2%, Open World 21.4%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Massively Multiplayer 13.1%, FPS 7.5%
- #35 Plains of Pain
71% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Survival 19%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Open World 13.4%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #36 Mortal Online
75% matchMixed52% of 2,957 reviews2015
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Mortal Online is a first-person medieval fantasy MMORPG, set in a huge, open, unforgiving world. Choose your race, choose your playstyle, choose a profession, choose where to place your loyalties - if you have any...
Why similar: Open World 22.4%, Massively Multiplayer 21.5%, Survival 19.6%, MMORPG 13.8% ★, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #37 CRSED: Cuisine Royale
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 38,605 reviews2018
Dev: Darkflow SoftwarePub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
CRSED: Cuisine Royale – is a brutal MMO last-man-standing shooter with realistic weaponry, elements of lethal mystic forces and incredible superpowers!
Why similar: Survival 24.2%, Open World 17.6%, Massively Multiplayer 16.6%, Multiplayer 13.5%, FPS 10.5%
- #38 No One Survived
68% 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: Survival 33.8%, Open World 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Crafting 6.7%
- #39 DeadPoly
70% 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 30.8% ★, Survival 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Crafting 6.7%
- #40 Last Oasis
71% matchMixed62% of 24,198 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 27.5%, Massively Multiplayer 20.7%, Open World 17.1%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%
- #41 Grim
68% matchMixed59% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Spoonfed InteractivePub: Beyond Frames
Windows
GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself, stranded on a secluded part of Earth. Survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other players. Gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Survival 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Open World 13%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #42 Fallen Earth Classic
73% matchMixed60% of 7,558 reviews2012
Dev: Little Orbit
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Fallen Earth Classic is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Reloaded Productions and operated by Little Orbit. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located around the American Grand Canyon.
Why similar: Survival 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Open World 16%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Massively Multiplayer 9.5%
- #43 Urge
69% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
Dev: EnDrew
Windows
Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3% ★, Survival 19%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Open World 12.6%, Crafting 5.9%
- #44 Dead District: Survival
70% matchMixed49% of 465 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 22.3%, Massively Multiplayer 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Multiplayer 12%, Open World 10.6%
- #45 Ruins To Fortress
68% matchMixed62% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.2% ★, Survival 20.5%, Open World 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%
- #46 SurrounDead
65% 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: Survival 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Open World 20.1%, Open World Survival Craft 18.2% ★, Shooter 3.7%
- #47 Unturned
66% matchVery Positive91% of 561,138 reviews2017
Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 71.6 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: Survival 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Open World 13.3%, Massively Multiplayer 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #48 Anarchy: Wolf's law : Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 624 reviews2021
Dev: Anarchy GamesPub: Street's Game
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Anarchy: Wolf's Law – Action, fun, and total control! Capture territories, grow your business, and spread chaos throughout the world of Anarchy. Strengthen your grip on the regions, develop and establish production, crushing all those who stand in your way. A dynamic shooter with elements of RPG, survival, and management.
Why similar: Survival 28.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Open World 14.3%, FPS 11%
- #49 BEACHED
66% matchMixed65% of 3,675 reviews2021
Dev: Gradient Studios
Windows
A free-to-play, low-poly, open-world survival shooter where you’ll battle other players, explore massive monuments, and fight to stay alive. Build and fortify your base to defend against enemy raids, gather resources, and conquer a harsh, competitive world. Survival means doing whatever it takes.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.4% ★, Survival 20%, Open World 14.3%, Massively Multiplayer 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.9%
- #50 BattleRush
67% matchMixed69% of 2,878 reviews2018
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Free-to-play multiplayer action game in the entourage of the Second World War with total destructibility of the environment. Enjoy full freedom, build a defense, create your army, crush the enemy.
Why similar: Survival 27.1%, Multiplayer 17%, Massively Multiplayer 14.9%, FPS 13.7%, Open World 12%