- #1 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,386 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Zombies 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Survival 12%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Roguelike 10%
Why You'll Like It: A deep turn-based survival game that focuses heavily on scavenging, crafting, and managing character needs.
- #2 Zafehouse: Diaries
97% matchMixed68% of 440 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
Why similar: Zombies 31.8%, Turn-Based 22.5%, Survival 16.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the unique diary-based management and survival mechanics found in the sequel.
- #3 Dead State: Reanimated
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,543 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Zombies 33.5%, Turn-Based 20.1%, Survival 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong emphasis on managing a group of survivors with individual personalities and complex social dynamics.
- #4 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
95% matchVery Positive86% of 2,019 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Zombies 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Survival 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic base-building and territory management with a focus on survivor recruitment and group morale.
- #5 Project Zomboid
94% 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 36.7%, Survival 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival Horror 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive zombie survival simulation that offers unparalleled depth in base building and character management.
- #6 NEO Scavenger
94% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22%, Survival 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Roguelike 11.3%, Procedural Generation 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore turn-based survival game where every decision regarding gear and health is critical.
- #7 This War of Mine
93% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 32.8%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the emotional and logistical struggles of civilians trying to survive in a war-torn environment.
- #8 Urban Strife
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.8%, Zombies 13.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical survival game that balances combat with faction management and resource gathering.
- #9 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,312 reviews2021
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Turn-Based 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based survival RPG that features turn-based combat and meaningful narrative choices.
- #10 Overland
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 557 reviews2019
Dev: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 32%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Survival 15.1%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist turn-based survival game that focuses on scavenging and making tough decisions under pressure.
- #11 Wanna Survive
90% matchVery Positive93% of 301 reviews2019
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.
Why similar: Zombies 20.9%, Turn-Based 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Survival 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game that emphasizes resource scarcity and the difficulty of keeping survivors alive.
- #12 Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
89% matchVery Positive92% of 496 reviews2023
Dev: CleverRavenPub: KorGgenT
Windows · Linux
The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.
Why similar: Zombies 29.4%, Survival 17.6%, Roguelike 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Horror 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the most complex survival simulation available, featuring deep character customization and environmental interaction.
- #13 March of the Living
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Machine 22Pub: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.
Why similar: Zombies 21.6%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Survival 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Roguelike 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival game that captures the tension of managing a group of survivors on a dangerous journey.
- #14 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
88% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Base Building 24.3%, Survival 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with base-building while defending against supernatural threats.
- #15 Death Road to Canada
86% matchVery Positive93% of 10,135 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
Why similar: Zombies 47.5%, Survival 18.8%, Character Customization 17.2%, Roguelike 16.5%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike road trip simulator that emphasizes character traits and difficult choices during random encounters.
- #16 Sheltered 2
87% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Survival 18.7%, Character Customization 10.2%, Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the brutal reality of resource management and base-building in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #17 The Dead Await
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
Why similar: Zombies 17.5%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Base Building 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Crafting 11%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RPG that incorporates deckbuilding and deep crafting mechanics to manage your group's needs.
- #18 Z Dawn
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 282 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Survival 11.9%, Zombies 11.3%, Crafting 11%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused zombie survival game that emphasizes base management and scavenging missions.
- #19 Stories from the Outbreak
84% matchVery Positive81% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?
Why similar: Zombies 25.9%, Survival 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Roguelike 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that emphasizes party management and the consequences of perma-death.
- #20 Infection Free Zone
82% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Zombies 24%, Base Building 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Survival 10.1%, Management 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder survival game that uses real-world map data to challenge your ability to defend a base.
- #21 Dead Age
84% matchVery Positive82% of 5,580 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Zombies 24.4%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Survival 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The original party-based survival RPG that introduced the core turn-based combat and management loop.
- #22 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
83% matchVery Positive88% of 3,135 reviews2013
Dev: The Men Who Wear Many Hats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.
Why similar: Zombies 51.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 10.2%, Strategy 8.3%, Roguelike 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival management game that forces players to make difficult choices to keep their party alive.
- #23 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
79% matchVery Positive87% of 4,190 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Why similar: Base Building 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Character Customization 13%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that allows for complex NPC management and base construction.
- #24 The Last Haven
81% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Survival 13.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Crafting 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building and resource management game set in a post-apocalyptic world requiring careful planning.
- #25 Envy the Dead
82% matchMixed66% of 244 reviews2016
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 35.9%, Survival 13.6%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Strategy 10.9%, Crafting 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy and simulation game centered on managing a group of survivors through a zombie apocalypse.
- #26 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
81% matchMixed50% of 163 reviews2018
Dev: Mehan Games
Windows
You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 25.2%, Survival 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival simulation that focuses on crafting, base management, and exploration.
- #27 Duskers
78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,739 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Survival 20.6%, Roguelike 18.8%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Horror 16%, Exploration 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy survival horror game where you control drones to scavenge derelict ships.
- #28 First Day
80% matchMixed49% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: BadWolf Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's the first day of the rest of your life
Why similar: Zombies 20.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Survival 12.9%, Character Customization 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical survival game that emphasizes scavenging and group management in a dangerous post-apocalyptic setting.
- #29 City Defense Z
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 300 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.
Why similar: Zombies 19.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Time Management 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Roguelike 12.5%
- #30 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
75% matchVery Positive88% of 8,056 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
Why similar: Zombies 19.4%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Survival 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Crafting 11%
- #31 Convoy
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,462 reviews2015
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
Why similar: Roguelike 36.7%, Post-apocalyptic 35.5%, Strategy 17.5%, Exploration 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelike that focuses on vehicle management and resource allocation in a hostile world.
- #32 Sheltered
78% matchVery Positive82% of 6,212 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Why similar: Base Building 25.8%, Survival 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Management 8.4%, Crafting 7.6%
- #33 1 Bit Survivor
76% matchVery Positive99% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: Chaz Acheronti
Windows
1 Bit Survivor is a unique blend of turn-based combat and survival horror! Carefully manage your resources to solve procedurally generated combat puzzles. Survive 28 Days and save your Pet Cat from the Zed-pocalpyse!
Why similar: Survival Horror 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Roguelike 11.1%
- #34 Cards of the Dead
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Boomfire GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Turn-Based 21%, Zombies 20.2%, Survival Horror 13%, Survival 10.7%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #35 Infectonator: Survivors
77% matchMixed67% of 1,151 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 42.8%, Survival 20.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Roguelike 11%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #36 iZolated
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 116 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: Zombies 15.6%, Base Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Character Customization 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.9%
- #37 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
73% 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 34.1%, Base Building 25.6%, Survival 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Horror 3%
- #38 SKYHILL
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,576 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 23.7%, Zombies 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Roguelike 14.2%, Crafting 8.8%
- #39 Survivor Squad
75% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.
Why similar: Zombies 42.9%, Survival 19.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Crafting 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%
- #40 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
72% matchVery Positive99% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Zombies 25.4%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Horror 12.1%
- #41 Rebirth evolution
73% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Why similar: Zombies 21.8%, Base Building 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 14.9%, Character Customization 12.6%
- #42 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 26.9%, Base Building 24.7%, Survival 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #43 Waste Walkers
74% matchVery Positive81% of 212 reviews2015
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.
Why similar: Base Building 16.5%, Character Customization 14%, Survival 13.7%, Survival Horror 13%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%
- #44 ZEPHON
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,670 reviews2024
Dev: Proxy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Base Building 9.6%
- #45 7 Days to Die
67% 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: Zombies 21.1%, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #46 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
67% matchVery Positive82% of 10,961 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Zombies 32.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Management 10.1%
- #47 State of Decay
71% 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 41%, Survival 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival Horror 4.5%
- #48 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
71% matchMixed61% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 24.1%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 11.6%
- #49 Evolution of Ages: Settlements
72% matchVery Positive86% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: TREON Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world. Recruit characters and level their skills and equipment from the stone age until the space age, while trying your best to avoid the very thing that led to our destruction previously.
Why similar: Base Building 26%, Crafting 23.7%, Management 17.9%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 15.1%
- #50 Embers of the Night
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: 巨浪游戏
Windows
In the game, day and night alternate. Zombies will not be active during the day, so you can build your home with confidence. But at night you have to resist hordes of zombies and guard your camp!
Why similar: Zombies 49.6%, Base Building 29.6%, Exploration 12.4%, Simulation 8.5%
- #51 Decision: Red Daze
70% 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 34.7%, Base Building 22.1%, Survival 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Strategy 4.4%
- #52 Space Pirates And Zombies 2
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,826 reviews2017
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Design and then improve the ultimate mothership. Explore a persistent living galaxy populated by 200 unique captains that can do everything you can do. Survive the zombie infection and then fight them back. Make allies and start your own faction. Build your empire. Also includes Sandbox Mode.
Why similar: Zombies 43.5%, Strategy 17%, Survival 14.9%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Simulation 8.7%
- #53 The Dead Await: Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 20.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Survival 11%
- #54 Dead Season
68% matchMixed69% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: Snail BitePub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Guide a group of unprepared strangers through the apocalypse, in Dead Season, a turn-based tactics adventure, created by the one-man studio Snail Bite. Plan carefully to outlast swarming zombie hordes, but remember: noise attracts danger. Can you escape the outbreak's deadly grip?
Why similar: Zombies 33.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 19.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #55 Chromosome Evil 2
66% matchVery Positive88% of 263 reviews2024
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: Survival 19.9%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Choices Matter 16%, Horror 12.9%, Crafting 12.2%
- #56 Cataclysm: The Last Generation
64% matchVery Positive94% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Worm Girl
Windows · Mac · Linux
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.
Why similar: Zombies 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Roguelike 15.3%, Survival 14%, Crafting 12.6%
- #57 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
64% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!
Why similar: Zombies 27.9%, Base Building 19.3%, Crafting 17%, Survival 15.8%, Management 13%
- #58 State of Decay: YOSE
67% 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 36%, Survival 20.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Survival Horror 6.8%
- #59 Dread Dawn
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,198 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.
Why similar: Zombies 41.1%, Survival 21.4%, Base Building 21.4%, Exploration 9%, Horror 7.2%
- #60 Deadly Days
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,877 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.
Why similar: Zombies 45.2%, Survival 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Procedural Generation 9%