- #1 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
97% matchVery Positive88% of 1,885 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, Survival 25%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Top-Down 9.6%, Shooter 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival RPG captures the same bleak, post-Soviet atmosphere and scavenging loop found in ZERO Sievert.
- #2 Quasimorph
96% matchVery Positive83% of 8,316 reviews2026
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 81.7% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Strategy 5.4%, Action 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, turn-based extraction roguelike that mirrors the inventory management and high-stakes looting mechanics of the seed game.
- #3 NEO Scavenger
96% matchVery Positive90% of 5,426 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 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: Post-apocalyptic 40.8%, Survival 40.4%, Open World 9.3%, Strategy 4.4%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This turn-based survival game focuses heavily on inventory management and the harsh reality of surviving in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #4 The Last Stand: Aftermath
95% matchVery Positive81% of 6,818 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.7%, Survival 29.2%, Shooter 12.1%, Top-Down 11.3%, Atmospheric 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down roguelite that emphasizes scavenging for supplies in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic world filled with threats.
- #5 Atomic Exile
94% matchVery Positive81% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Inferno Muse Interactive
Windows
Atomic Exile is a top down post-apocalyptic extraction shooter set in the desert wastelands of near future America. You will visit enclaves, explore devastated ruins and encounter NPCs such as other survivors, raiders, mutated beasts and rogue machines.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 36.1% ★, Looter Shooter 15.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Survival 7.8%, Loot 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct extraction-shooter experience set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that mirrors the core loop of the seed game.
- #6 Escape From Duckov
93% matchVery Positive84% of 104,533 reviews2025
Dev: Team SodaPub: bilibili
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 46% ★, Looter Shooter 21.3% ★, Survival 8.3%, Base Building 6.6%, Shooter 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down extraction shooter that focuses on tactical combat and looting in a devastated environment.
- #7 Project Zomboid
94% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 40.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Open World 20.5%, Survival Horror 9%, Simulation 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on zombies, its deep survival mechanics, top-down perspective, and unforgiving difficulty make it a perfect match for fans of hardcore scavenging.
- #8 Death Trash
92% matchVery Positive92% of 3,724 reviews2021
Dev: Crafting Legends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44%, Open World 19%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, post-apocalyptic RPG that shares the gritty aesthetic and exploration-focused gameplay of ZERO Sievert.
- #9 DYSMANTLE
91% matchVery Positive91% of 11,622 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.2 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: Survival 24.2%, Open World 17%, Base Building 14.9%, Loot 14.4%, Top-Down 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that rewards exploration and scavenging, featuring a top-down perspective and satisfying progression.
- #10 Subterrain
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,399 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Survival 36.4%, Top-Down 18.9%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Open World 14.2%, Exploration 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game features deep crafting and resource management mechanics set in a hostile, isolated environment.
- #11 Road to Vostok
89% matchVery Positive84% of 8,911 reviews2026
Dev: Road to Vostok Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 25.3% ★, Extraction Shooter 21.3% ★, Survival 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Loot 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game set in a border zone that emphasizes realistic mechanics and high-stakes exploration.
- #12 Night Raider
90% matchVery Positive85% of 1,974 reviews2024
Dev: TSUKUYOMIC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 30.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Shooter 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Top-Down 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features pixel-art aesthetics, inventory management, and top-down gunplay that feels very similar to the core experience of ZERO Sievert.
- #13 SurrounDead
89% matchVery Positive91% of 27,054 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Survival 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Open World 16.3%, Loot 13%, Base Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on looting and managing gear in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #14 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,509 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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: Survival 30.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Open World 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Exploration 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that emphasizes careful inventory management and scavenging in a hostile city.
- #15 Last Group Out
87% matchVery Positive83% of 629 reviews2022
Dev: Woodland Development
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Team up, gear up, and make it out alive in this 2D co-op extraction shooter.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 44.3% ★, Looter Shooter 25.4% ★, Survival 9.2%, Shooter 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art shooter that focuses on gun customization and extraction-style gameplay in a dangerous setting.
- #16 Stoneshard
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,730 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Survival 44%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Open World 13%, Strategy 13%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, top-down roguelike that features realistic survival mechanics and tactical combat.
- #17 Chernobylite Complete Edition
86% matchVery Positive82% of 15,629 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Survival 22.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival Horror 13%, Exploration 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RPG set in the Exclusion Zone that shares the same post-apocalyptic atmosphere and base-building elements.
- #18 ZED ZONE
85% matchVery Positive81% of 3,703 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Post-apocalyptic 28.6%, Survival 24.1%, Open World 16.7%, Top-Down 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes scavenging and crafting in a large, procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world.
- #19 Deadline Escape
84% matchVery Positive85% of 447 reviews2026
Dev: DeadlineEscape
Windows
Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 34.9% ★, Looter Shooter 30.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 12.8%, Shooter 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused extraction shooter that emphasizes resource management and tactical decision-making.
- #20 Decision: Red Daze
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 905 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.4 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: Survival 24%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Open World 16.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Top-Down 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival shooter that tasks players with exploring a dangerous world, gathering resources, and defending their base.
- #21 The Forever Winter
82% matchMixed68% of 24,980 reviews2024
Dev: Fun Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive beneath gargantuan war machines in a dystopian future of AI automata, cybernetically enhanced soldiers, and endless conflict. Millions of deaths later, the war continues with our latest update!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 55.4% ★, Looter Shooter 24.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Shooter 4.9%, Action 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical extraction shooter that emphasizes scavenging and survival in a war-torn, post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #22 SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
83% matchVery Positive94% of 13,095 reviews2018
Dev: Flow Fire Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
Why similar: Shooter 33.3%, Top-Down 25.3%, Action 21.7%, Indie 16.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, its deep gun customization and top-down tactical combat will appeal to fans of the seed game's weapon mechanics.
- #23 Blood Running
82% matchMixed70% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: Dead Unicorn
Windows
Blood Running is a stylish extraction shooter where you'll enter the cyber-wasteland, fight off creatures and bandits, loot valuable gear, and venture into the remnants of a world in ruins. Are you willing to bleed to survive, Blood Runner?
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 37.6% ★, Looter Shooter 16.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Survival 7.4%, Open World 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: An extraction shooter that blends cyberpunk aesthetics with the intense looting and survival mechanics of the genre.
- #24 Streets of Rogue
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,104 reviews2019
Dev: Matt DabrowskiPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.8%, Action 19.2%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers emergent gameplay and mission-based extraction elements within a top-down, pixel-art world.
- #25 Incursion Red River
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 9,451 reviews2024
Dev: Games Of Tomorrow GmbH
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 65.7% ★, Looter Shooter 23.7% ★, Shooter 6.9%, Action 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical extraction shooter that focuses on realistic combat and completing objectives in a hostile environment.
- #26 Nuclear Epoch
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Nuclear Epoch: Open-world survival mixing base building & extraction shooting. Explore with friends, raid dangerous instances for loot, but death means losing everything. Craft weapons with fully customizable stats in this post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 43.6% ★, Looter Shooter 19.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Survival 7.3%, Base Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An extraction-based looter-shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world with base-building elements.
- #27 MISERY
78% matchVery Positive84% of 26,185 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 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: Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, Survival 20.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Open World 12.2%, Survival Horror 12%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused multiplayer experience that emphasizes the harsh realities of a post-apocalyptic world.
- #28 DeadPoly
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,250 reviews2022
Dev: TFL Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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: Looter Shooter 27.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Loot 15.7%, Survival 15.2%, Base Building 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival game that focuses on looting and building in a hostile, open-world environment.
- #29 Scavland
77% matchVery Positive84% of 983 reviews2026
Dev: NoShadow
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Scavland is a hardcore Top-Down Pixel Art survival RPG set in a Post-Apocalyptic Soviet world. Scavenge the wastes and forgotten bunkers, take dangerous jobs, build your reputation, and customize your arsenal as you fight to survive mutants, hostile survivors, radiation, and the deadly Mist.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Survival 21.6%, Open World 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Shooter 8.7%
- #30 Into the Radius VR
79% matchVery Positive93% of 11,310 reviews2020
Dev: CM IMMERSIVE
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Survival 23.4%, Open World 14.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Survival Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused extraction game that captures the tense atmosphere and scavenging loop of the seed game in a VR setting.
- #31 STALZONE
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 109,490 reviews2022
Dev: EXBO
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 55% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Looter Shooter 11.7% ★, Survival 8%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An extraction-focused experience that captures the atmosphere and survival elements of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #32 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
77% matchVery Positive80% of 141,394 reviews2024
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC Game World (worldwide)
Windows
Median: 32.5 hrsMean: 64.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, Survival 22.8%, Open World 21.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #33 Gray Zone Warfare
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 79,211 reviews2024
Dev: MADFINGER Games, a.s.
Windows
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 66.3% ★, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.8%, Shooter 7.8%, Simulation 3.9%
- #34 HOPE 01
74% matchVery Positive93% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Bending Boy Games
Windows · Linux
HOPE 01 is a single player extraction survival RPG with multiple endings. Explore, Loot, and Fight your way through the dangerous enemies and bosses of the hab cluster and solve the mystery of the legendary HAB 01.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 47.5% ★, Looter Shooter 21.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Loot 8.9%, Survival Horror 7.3%
- #35 Marauders
76% matchMixed67% of 21,449 reviews2022
Dev: Small Impact Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 53.5% ★, Looter Shooter 25% ★, Loot 8.1%, Open World 5.3%, Shooter 5.1%
- #36 Escape from Tarkov
75% matchMixed50% of 65,707 reviews2025
Dev: Battlestate Games
Windows
Median: 54.1 hrsMean: 214.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 48.7% ★, Looter Shooter 22.8% ★, Survival 9.9%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Shooter 6.1%
- #37 Project Silverfish
74% matchVery Positive93% of 3,353 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Survival Horror 18.7%, Open World 17.4%, Shooter 16.7%, Exploration 10.1%
- #38 SULFUR
73% matchVery Positive88% of 10,478 reviews2024
Dev: Perfect Random
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 88.9% ★, Shooter 11.1%
- #39 No Man's Home
72% matchVery Positive87% of 284 reviews2025
Dev: radrunner
Windows
You wander into the dangerous Asran Exclusion Zone. You will have to survive hunger, thirst, dangerous factions, radioactive emissions and the wild life. Remember, this is no man's home and you are not the hero.
Why similar: Survival 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 27.6%, Shooter 15.6%, Open World 14.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #40 No Escape from Madness
73% matchMixed66% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: qiqin
Windows
No Escape from Madness is a thrilling shooting adventure game that blends Lovecraftian elements with extraction gameplay. You will guide the self-sacrificing infantry operators into the Sector where The Elder One is poised to descend.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 52.8% ★, Looter Shooter 11.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 7.1%, Survival 6%, Base Building 5.5%
- #41 Necesse
70% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Survival 26.4%, Open World 20.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Exploration 6.1%
- #42 Dead Engine
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 10.1%, Top-Down 9.4%
- #43 Urge
73% matchVery Positive90% of 524 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: Looter Shooter 20.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 12.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival Horror 10.8%
- #44 Dreadweave
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: DeadGrass Games
Windows
A post-Soviet extraction horror shooter set in a ghost town split between reality and its dark reflection, where a creature hunts your heartbeat. Loot, fight, and extract before your pulse gives you away.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 41.4% ★, Looter Shooter 18% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Survival 8.5%, Survival Horror 6.2%
- #45 Gravebound
70% matchMixed60% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Crater Studios
Windows
Gravebound is a 6-player co-op extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by rogue machines. Scavenge valuable loot, survive intense firefights, complete dynamic objectives, and extract alive to keep what you earn. Push deeper for rarer rewards, tougher enemies, and higher stakes.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 33.1% ★, Looter Shooter 29.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Open World 7.4%, Shooter 7.3%
- #46 iZolated
71% matchMixed69% of 124 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: Post-apocalyptic 28.4%, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Open World 15%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #47 Infection Free Zone
69% matchVery Positive81% of 18,697 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.0 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: Post-apocalyptic 37.3%, Base Building 26.4%, Survival 19.4%, Strategy 7.1%, Simulation 5.2%
- #48 CONVRGENCE
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,858 reviews2026
Dev: Monkey-With-a-Bomb
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 37.6% ★, Looter Shooter 17.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Loot 8.5%, Survival 7.4%
- #49 Intravenous 2
68% matchVery Positive95% of 4,789 reviews2024
Dev: Explosive Squat GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.
Why similar: Shooter 35.9%, Top-Down 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Action 9.4%, Simulation 8.3%
- #50 Cargo Hunters
67% matchVery Positive83% of 793 reviews2026
Dev: Order Of MetaPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Cargo Hunters is an extraction shooter where you control a humanoid robot scavenging the remains of humanity on an abandoned, dystopian Earth. Play solo or in 4 players co-op.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 59.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 7.9%, Exploration 3.3%
- #51 Deadside
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 40,566 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Pixel
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 44.7 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: Survival 23.5%, Looter Shooter 20.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Base Building 16.1%, Open World 14%
- #52 Hell is Others
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,161 reviews2022
Dev: Strelka GamesPub: A List Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hell is Others is an extraction top-down shooter combining roguelike elements. Outside the safety of your apartment lies the noir hellscape that is Century City. A city of endless night that straddles the line between reality and insanity. Explore, hunt, and loot in a place where blood is currency.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 53.8% ★, Survival 14.3%, Top-Down 9.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #53 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
69% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 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: Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Looter Shooter 19.3% ★, Survival 13.8%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Shooter 8.6%
- #54 Pacific Drive
66% matchVery Positive83% of 26,975 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Survival 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Exploration 7.2%
- #55 ZIC: Survival
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 14%, Open World 10.6%
- #56 Ostranauts
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,288 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Why similar: Survival 41.7%, Open World 17.5%, Top-Down 15%, Exploration 13.7%, Simulation 12.1%
- #57 Junk Survivor
68% matchMixed70% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.5%, Survival 21.2%, Open World 14.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival Horror 10.3%