- #1 Zombie Builder Defense
97% matchMixed67% of 509 reviews2018
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Base Building 17.7%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Survival 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the core loop of fortifying a position and holding off massive waves of zombies with tactical weapon placement.
- #2 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
96% matchVery Positive84% of 3,026 reviews2017
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
Why similar: Zombies 19.3%, Arena Shooter 16.5%, Tower Defense 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Base Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down shooter focuses heavily on building defenses during the day and surviving intense zombie swarms at night.
- #3 Ultimate Zombie Defense
96% matchVery Positive85% of 4,653 reviews2020
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?
Why similar: Zombies 30.1%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes base construction and cooperative defense against increasingly difficult waves of undead.
- #4 Zombie Defense
95% matchVery Positive84% of 2,165 reviews2016
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
Why similar: Zombies 42.2%, Tower Defense 28.6%, Survival 13.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Shooter 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines classic tower defense mechanics with real-time unit management to hold back zombie waves.
- #5 They Are Billions
94% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Base Building 28.5%, Zombies 23.7%, Tower Defense 17%, Survival 14%, Strategy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more strategic, it perfectly captures the tension of defending a base against thousands of zombies in real-time.
- #6 Frontline Zed
94% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: Richard EastPub: Volcanic Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
Why similar: Zombies 20.3%, Tower Defense 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Survival 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on managing limited ammunition and repairing barricades while defending your position from relentless zombie hordes.
- #7 SAS: Zombie Assault 4
93% matchVery Positive86% of 9,502 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.
Why similar: Zombies 42.9%, Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Shooter 13.2%, Survival 11.1%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down zombie shooter that emphasizes upgrading gear and surviving intense, claustrophobic encounters.
- #8 FatalZone
92% matchMixed67% of 2,256 reviews2024
Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!
Why similar: Zombies 25.3%, Arena Shooter 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Survival 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: This action-roguelike focuses on managing a survivor squad and mowing down thousands of zombies with powerful weaponry.
- #9 Infested Planet
91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,014 reviews2014
Dev: Rocket Bear Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 56.6%, Strategy 32.3%, Action 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical top-down game where you manage a squad to clear out massive alien infestations using strategy and firepower.
- #10 Gunship Battle Total Warfare
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: JOYCITY
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic world submerged by the sea, the wake of the enemy is apparent at every turn. From turning the tides of naval warfare to dominating the skies in break-neck aerial combat, every decision you make will change the outcome of the battle.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.5%, Military 22.5%, War 19.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the military strategy and air support aspects of the genre, focusing on large-scale tactical warfare.
- #11 The Walking Dead: No Man's Land
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 944 reviews2024
Dev: Deca Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Step into the dangerous world of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land. Lead survivors in turn-based strategy battles, manage resources, and make tough choices to ensure their survival. Fight walkers, build your base, and face endless dangers.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.8%, Zombies 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more tactical, turn-based approach to zombie survival and base management.
- #12 Left to Survive: Zombie Shooter
90% matchMixed58% of 517 reviews2021
Dev: MY.GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Left to Survive is an action shooter game with the post-apocalyptic world setting with a base building feature. Become a hero, challenge other players, join tournaments, raid bases. Would you be able to survive in a dead world?
Why similar: Zombies 36.8%, Survival 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Shooter 15.6%, Action 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a mix of third-person shooting and base management, focusing on survival in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #13 HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
88% matchVery Positive90% of 32,984 reviews2015
Dev: Arrowhead Game StudiosPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 53.3%, Shooter 18.2%, Survival 11.4%, Action 9.7%, Strategy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down tactical shooter features intense cooperative combat and the frequent use of orbital stratagems for air support.
- #14 Zombie City Defense 2
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 208 reviews2016
Dev: Mozg Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In a near future, the world has been devastated by a virus turning humanity into zombies. You are Iron Corps, the last defense of civilization traveling the world to find resources, help people and find answers. Will you survive long enough?
Why similar: Zombies 29%, Tower Defense 24.1%, Military 15.8%, Strategy 14.5%, War 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game that focuses on tactical unit placement and managing resources to survive a zombie outbreak.
- #15 Dead Unending
86% matchMixed46% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Tyler HudsonPub: Tylario
Windows
A deadly virus plagues the city and the residents now roam the streets as flesh-eating zombies. Loot the apocalyptic open world and build a self-sustaining zombie-killing fortress. Will you survive the apocalypse or become one of the undead?
Why similar: Zombies 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Survival 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world exploration with base building and zombie survival mechanics.
- #16 Crimsonland
86% matchVery Positive93% of 3,083 reviews2014
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Shooter 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Zombies 12.4%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential top-down horde shooter that focuses on pure survival against massive numbers of enemies.
- #17 Alien Shooter
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,607 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The endless darkness and the somber, long passages of a military complex have become the abode of evil, thousands of blood-thirsty creatures fill its offices, storehouses and mysterious laboratories. About 1,000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen.
Why similar: Shooter 30.6%, Arena Shooter 30%, Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, Action 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This classic top-down shooter captures the frantic feeling of clearing out massive swarms of creatures in tight environments.
- #18 Doomsday: Last Survivors
84% matchMixed66% of 845 reviews2023
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 95.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
New tower defense gameplay! The apocalypse has come, and zombies are running amok. As the leader of the survivors, collect and use resources to defend their last shelter!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29%, Zombies 25.3%, Strategy 17.3%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy game that focuses on 4X mechanics and base development in a zombie-infested world.
- #19 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 161 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!
Why similar: Zombies 25.5%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Survival 14.6%, Strategy 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical game that requires careful management of a survivor group during combat encounters.
- #20 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
81% matchVery Positive91% of 12,980 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Zombies 32.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Survival 16.8%, Dark 14.9%, 3D 7%
Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell style survival game that emphasizes upgrading your squad to handle massive zombie crowds.
- #21 Endless Horde
83% matchMixed66% of 196 reviews2017
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The horde is here to eat your brain and murder every single one of your scientists. Gather your forces, this is the last stand before we lose the facility! Place guards, close doors, and position traps. Survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Zombies 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, War 15.2%, Survival 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward tower defense game that focuses on the core loop of surviving waves of zombies.
- #22 Blood Waves
82% matchMixed68% of 197 reviews2018
Dev: Light Road Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 198.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Hardcore and bloody shooter where you will have to repel the attacks of the living dead using the destroying traps, defensive barricades and also weapon of close and long-range combat.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 17.7%, Zombies 16.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Tower Defense 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with building defenses and surviving increasingly difficult waves of zombies in an arena setting.
- #23 Sanctum 2
81% matchVery Positive90% of 14,356 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 66.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Shooter 7.9%, Survival 6.5%, Action 6%
Why You'll Like It: This hybrid game blends first-person shooting with tower defense, requiring strategic placement to survive waves of enemies.
- #24 Lost Light
80% 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 31%, Shooter 30.8%, War 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Action 6%
Why You'll Like It: This extraction-based shooter focuses on survival, gear management, and tactical decision-making.
- #25 Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 165 reviews2022
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An endless Tower Defense game of epic heroes vs evil zombies. Unlock and upgrade countless Heroes, artifacts, and technologies to defend against the infinite zombie swarms. Strategize the most effective placement of Heroes to synergize their skills and abilities.
Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Tower Defense 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Time Management 18.7%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An idle-focused tower defense game that provides a more relaxed take on the zombie survival genre.
- #26 Orcs Must Die! 2
79% matchVery Positive92% of 19,505 reviews2012
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Why similar: Tower Defense 66.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Shooter 12%, Action 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-action tower defense experience where you must actively participate in the combat to succeed.
- #27 Ultimate Zombie Defense 2
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 677 reviews2025
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
4-player co-op, zombie slaying, base building, boss battling mayhem! Cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses in Ultimate Zombie Defense 2!
Why similar: Zombies 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Military 12.8%, Base Building 12.3%
- #28 Zombie Builder Defense 2
78% matchVery Positive85% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Zombies 15.7%, Class-Based 14.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%
- #29 FatalZone: Outbreak
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 304 reviews2023
Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Outbreak is the demo version of FatalZone, a bullet heaven zombie apocalypse shooter where you'll have to upgrade your base, hone your mercs' skills, and put them to the test to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 25.1%, Arena Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Survival 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%
- #30 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: Zombies 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Survival 15.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Shooter 11.4%
- #31 Survivor
78% matchMixed55% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: kolacape
Windows
Get ready for an intense survival battle against an ever-growing horde of zombies. Play solo or co-op with friends, test your shooting skills and luck in this relentless combat and see how long you can stay alive.
Why similar: Zombies 27.2%, Arena Shooter 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Survival 11.4%, Shooter 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person shooter that focuses on the gritty reality of surviving in a post-apocalyptic zombie landscape.
- #32 Infection Free Zone
74% 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 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Base Building 21.6%, Survival 9.8%, Time Management 8.7%
- #33 City Defense Z
74% 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 17.8%, Tower Defense 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Base Building 13.8%, Time Management 13.6%
- #34 State of Survival
76% matchMixed57% of 454 reviews2023
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 184.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Survive the Zombies War in this RPG game of Apocalypse and Survival
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 30.6%, Zombies 19.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Realistic 12.7%, Survival 10.1%
- #35 BiteVille
75% matchMixed54% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Veelhoek Studios
Windows
The world has fallen victim to a deadly virus, zombies now roam the lands. While running for your life you stumble upon a small city. Claim this city as your own, protect it with your life and maybe other survivors will find you.
Why similar: Zombies 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Base Building 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Survival 10.2%
- #36 Yet Another Zombie Defense
73% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Why similar: Zombies 85.5%, Tower Defense 5.1%, Survival 5%, Shooter 2.2%, Strategy 1.3%
- #37 Decision: Red Daze
73% 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 24.3%, Tower Defense 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 15.1%
- #38 The Last Stand: Aftermath
72% matchVery Positive81% of 6,552 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Zombies 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Survival 15%, Shooter 9.3%
- #39 Northend Tower Defense
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,398 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 20.6%, Tower Defense 19.4%, War 17.9%, Military 17.4%, Base Building 12.3%
- #40 UNDEAD FACTORY:Zombie Pandemic
75% matchMixed58% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: BTD STUDIO Co.,ltd.
Windows
Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!
Why similar: Zombies 55.3%, Strategy 44.7%
- #41 瘟疫清零计划 Project Zero
70% matchVery Positive93% of 3,656 reviews2022
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
这是一款3D俯视角的Roguelike射击游戏。 通过选择不同的天赋,玩家将Build出一个超强幸存者。 从而可以更好地击杀丧尸,并且活下来。 最终,玩家将会背负结束这场瘟疫的使命,为“清零”而战吧!
Why similar: Zombies 33.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, Survival 10.8%
- #42 After Long Night
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Zombies 19.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Military 11.4%
- #43 I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,768 reviews2021
Dev: Ska StudiosPub: Ska Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Why similar: Zombies 21%, Arena Shooter 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%
- #44 Zombie Hunter
72% matchMixed53% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: 1MBPub: VIVA STUDIOS
Windows · Mac
Take your guns and start killing zombies in the best FPS Shooting game
Why similar: Zombies 35.3%, War 26%, Shooter 25.2%, Action 13.5%
- #45 Zap Zap Zombie Cats
73% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Hang Time Studios
Windows
You are one of the few survivors of a zombie cat-pocalypse. With only your wits, your weapons, and a few turrets, you must defend yourself from the hordes of zombie-cats that come at night. Grenade, blast, shoot, heal, and place traps to survive each wave until safety comes with the sunlight.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #46 Blood And Zombies
71% matchMixed53% of 450 reviews2022
Dev: Wild MonkeyPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Blood, guts, meat. Humanity's waging total war against a horrific zombie apocalypse. Lead one of four of humanity's deadliest survivors against the horde in this first person, wave defense shooter. Load up your guns, set up turrets, sharpen your skills, and maybe you'll make it through the night.
Why similar: Zombies 27.5%, Base Building 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 15.5%, Shooter 14.2%
- #47 Zombie Siege City
70% matchMixed64% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: STAR WORKS COMPANY LIMITED
Windows
Grab your weapon, enjoy the thrill of zombie shooting, and don't stop firing until every last zombie is... well and truly dead. Earn rewards for your efforts, unlock new weapons, upgrade existing ones, and exterminate as many walking dead as possible.
Why similar: Zombies 49.8%, Shooter 30.2%, Strategy 20.1%
- #48 Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue
67% matchVery Positive88% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, 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 - Prologue!
Why similar: Zombies 67.2%, Action 13.6%, 3D 11.4%, Base Building 7.8%
- #49 Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship - Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Zing Games Inc.Pub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship - Prologue is a quick foray into the world of Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship. Take command of the last ship in a zombie-filled world and defend against endless waves of the undead. Build turrets, lead your crew, and upgrade the ship while gathering loot.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Zombies 21%, Tower Defense 17.4%, Survival 11.8%, Strategy 9.8%
- #50 Survivor Squad
71% 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 39.2%, Survival 17.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10%
- #51 Undeads
65% matchMostly Positive86% of 292 reviews2025
Dev: Sezual Pte LtdPub: Undeads Interactive Limited
Windows · Mac
Embark on a risky but exciting journey through the world of Undeads. Search for weapons, armor, supplies and medicine. Survive or hunt survivors. Enjoy unique matches, sell your loot, and fight bloody and challenging battles against the background of the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Survival 14.2%, Shooter 12.4%
- #52 Infectonator: Survivors
70% 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 41.1%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Survival 19.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Action 3.9%
- #53 Zombie Survivors
68% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: WubsGames
Windows
Battle zombies, earn experience, collect loot and level up in this dopamine fueled auto shooter filled with roguelike action.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 52.9%, Shooter 25.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Action 9.1%
- #54 World War Z
66% matchVery Positive83% of 30,228 reviews2021
Dev: Saber Interactive Inc
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
Why similar: Zombies 62.5%, Shooter 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Action 6%
- #55 Operation: Outbreak
64% matchVery Positive80% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: DREADMITH Games
Windows
Your squad's vehicle exploded during a patrol, and you're the only survivor. The enemy is unusual this time. A virus has turned the city into a warzone of the undead. Get to the exfil in time or die trying. A free-to-play short and intense FPS zombie survival horror game.
Why similar: Zombies 28.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Military 17.2%, Shooter 14.2%, Realistic 10.1%
- #56 Zombie Shooter: Ares Virus
69% matchMostly Negative38% of 181 reviews2022
Dev: joynow
Windows
In YEAR 2037, a pandemic of an unknown plague virus infection wiped out most of world animals and citizens. The world turns into a DEAD ZONE and survivors’ lives are threatened with zombies! How will you survive in this Zombie Pandemic game?
Why similar: Zombies 37.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Action 6.1%
- #57 Tower Survivors
67% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Linux
Fight an endless horde of evil minions and survive as long as you can. Collect loot and purchase new upgrades and magic abilities. Summon allies to stand along side you and survive the horde!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Zombies 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shooter 8.9%
- #58 Zombo Buster Advance
67% matchVery Positive83% of 242 reviews2020
Dev: FIREBEAST
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Zombo Buster Advance is a tower defense game taking place inside buildings with interchangeable elevators. Deploy, swap and shoot like a boss!
Why similar: Zombies 18.7%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Military 8.8%