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Games Like Zompiercer

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival, Open World, Sandbox, Action.

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Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.

Reviews: Very Positive — 88% — of 4,697 reviews
Released: 2020-04-03
Developer: DDDimanN
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 5.1 hrs
Mean playtime: 13.0 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 80%

Overview

Zompiercer stands out by blending the high-stakes tension of a zombie apocalypse with the unique mechanical challenge of maintaining a mobile base on rails. These recommendations focus on games that prioritize mobile base-building, train-based survival, and immersive first-person zombie combat to capture that same sense of nomadic desperation.

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    97% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,810 reviews2025
    Dev: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

    Why similar: Trains 42.9%, Base Building 16.7%, Survival 11.8%, Open World 10.7%, Sandbox 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a similar core loop of traveling through a hostile environment on a customizable train while gathering resources.

  2. #2 Pandemic Train
    96% matchMixed59% of 252 reviews2023
    Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
    Windows

    In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!

    Why similar: Trains 43.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 12.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on managing a train during a post-apocalyptic plague, requiring strategic resource allocation and survival decisions.

  3. #3 Volcanoids
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 reviews2019
    Dev: Volcanoid
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

    Why similar: Base Building 21%, Sandbox 17%, FPS 15.4%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 12.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique mobile base-building experience where you must pilot a drill ship to survive a volcanic wasteland.

  4. #4 Choo-Choo Charles
    95% matchVery Positive91% of 17,402 reviews2022
    Dev: Two Star Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.

    Why similar: Trains 39.9%, Open World 13.8%, Horror 10%, FPS 9.4%, Shooter 9.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines train exploration and upgrades with horror-survival elements in an open-world setting.

  5. #5 The Final Station
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 9,480 reviews2016
    Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

    Why similar: Trains 32.8%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Zombies 19.4%, Survival 13.7%, Shooter 4.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Captures the atmosphere of traveling through a dying world by train while managing limited supplies and fighting off infected threats.

  6. #6 7 Days to Die
    93% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
    Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 17.3 hrsMean: 110.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 20.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Sandbox 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for zombie survival, offering deep base-building mechanics and intense first-person combat.

  7. #7 Mist Survival
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,333 reviews2018
    Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

    Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Survival 20.5%, Base Building 16%, Open World 15.5%, Sandbox 9.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic survival mechanics, base building, and defending against zombie hordes in an open world.

  8. #8 SurrounDead
    92% matchVery Positive91% of 26,489 reviews2022
    Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.

    Why similar: Zombies 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Survival 15.4%, Open World 15.2%, Base Building 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A hardcore zombie survival game that emphasizes looting, exploration, and managing your gear in a dangerous world.

  9. #9 HumanitZ
    91% matchMostly Positive74% of 13,984 reviews2026
    Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

    Why similar: Zombies 21.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 11.6%

    Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on scavenging and base construction to survive against relentless zombie threats.

  10. #10 Project Zomboid
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 475,049 reviews2013
    Dev: The Indie Stone
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 15.6 hrsMean: 87.1 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: Zombies 33.3%, Survival 21.5%, Open World 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Sandbox 14.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides the most comprehensive zombie survival simulation, emphasizing the importance of scavenging and fortifying your position.

  11. #11 State of Decay: YOSE
    90% matchVery Positive82% of 13,143 reviews2015
    Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.2 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 32.1%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 15%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Features excellent base management and community building within a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic landscape.

  12. #12 DeadPoly
    89% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,136 reviews2022
    Dev: TFL Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.3 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: Zombies 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 12.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A low-poly survival shooter that emphasizes crafting and base building in a world overrun by zombies.

  13. #13 Night of the Dead
    89% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,856 reviews2024
    Dev: Jackto Studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

    Why similar: Zombies 27.3%, Base Building 20.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 13%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends intense base-building and tower defense mechanics with fast-paced zombie survival gameplay.

  14. #14 The Infected
    88% matchVery Positive84% of 6,982 reviews2020
    Dev: DigX Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

    Why similar: Base Building 19.6%, Zombies 15.9%, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 12.8%, Survival 11.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A survival crafting game that allows for extensive base construction and defense against hostile creatures.

  15. #15 Heat Death: Survival Train
    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 718 reviews2024
    Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
    Windows

    Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!

    Why similar: Trains 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 9.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the struggle to survive on a train in a frozen, post-apocalyptic world.

  16. #16 Unturned
    86% matchVery Positive91% of 564,532 reviews2017
    Dev: Smartly Dressed Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 72.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.

    Why similar: Zombies 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Sandbox 12.9%, FPS 12.3%, Survival 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a sandbox survival experience with strong crafting and base-building elements in a zombie-filled world.

  17. #17 Fargone
    86% matchMixed69% of 600 reviews2022
    Dev: RedDot Games
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.

    Why similar: Base Building 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Sandbox 13.9%, FPS 13.8%, Action RPG 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A looter-shooter that emphasizes survival and building in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic environment.

  18. #18 Dread Dawn
    85% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,259 reviews2024
    Dev: Kioop
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 30.3%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Survival 13.9%, Open World 12.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and survival in a zombie-infested city, requiring careful resource management.

  19. #19 EverRail
    84% matchMostly Positive70% of 372 reviews2026
    Dev: Aesir Interactive
    Windows

    Every passenger is a life. Every death brings the end closer. An open world survival crafting game where you explore, scavenge, and craft to endure on the frozen exomoon Inara. Command and upgrade your ever-moving train, solo or with up to 4 players. Move or freeze.

    Why similar: Trains 33.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A survival game centered around base-building and train travel in a dangerous, multiplayer-focused environment.

  20. #20 Raft
    83% matchVery Positive93% of 377,470 reviews2022
    Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

    Why similar: Survival 36.5%, Base Building 24.7%, Open World 18.8%, Sandbox 14.5%, First-Person 4.5%

    Why You'll Like It: While set at sea, it perfectly mirrors the mobile base-building and resource-gathering mechanics found in Zompiercer.

  21. #21 Walking Zombie 2
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 13,297 reviews2019
    Dev: Alda Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

    Why similar: Zombies 19.1%, FPS 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A first-person shooter that features a strong narrative and zombie-survival mechanics.

  22. #22 Gone: Survival
    84% matchMixed44% of 316 reviews2020
    Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world

    Why similar: Zombies 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival game that focuses on crafting and building to withstand the threats of a post-apocalyptic world.

  23. #23 SCUM
    79% matchMostly Positive74% of 126,382 reviews2025
    Dev: Gamepires
    Windows
    Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 104.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

    Why similar: Zombies 26.5%, Open World 18.3%, Sandbox 17.6%, Survival 17.3%, FPS 17.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed survival experience with complex mechanics that will appeal to fans of hardcore post-apocalyptic games.

  24. #24 Dead Matter
    82% matchMostly Negative21% of 897 reviews2023
    Dev: QI Games
    Windows

    After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.

    Why similar: Zombies 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.7%, FPS 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: An open-world zombie survival game that emphasizes realistic mechanics and base fortification.

  25. #25 Days Gone
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 116,650 reviews2021
    Dev: Bend StudioPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
    Windows
    Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 43.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

    Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Open World 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Survival 14%, Action-Adventure 5.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a massive open world and intense combat against hordes of zombies, focusing on motorcycle-based travel.

  26. #26 Decision: Red Daze
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 896 reviews2022
    Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    Why similar: Zombies 24.3%, Base Building 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival 13.1%, Action RPG 12.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with survival and base-building in a world ravaged by a mysterious infection.

  27. #27 Dead District: Survival
    81% matchMixed47% of 483 reviews2023
    Dev: BadBit Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.

    Why similar: Zombies 13.9%, Base Building 13.7%, FPS 13%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Sandbox 12.1%

    Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that pits players against zombies in a desolate, post-apocalyptic setting.

  28. #28 OxyRail
    78% matchVery Positive80% of 970 reviews2026
    Dev: OxygenTech Limited
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Why similar: Trains 37.3%, Sandbox 15.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 11.5%, Open World 9.2%

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  29. #29 Colonies of The Remnant
    80% matchVery Negative7% of 74 reviews2026
    Dev: Cat Soul Studios
    Windows

    In a post-apocalyptic world build and lead your own colony under the constant threat of the undead. Recruit survivors, assign roles and decide how your group survives. Fight enemy colonies or form alliances in FPS or TPS combat.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Zombies 16.8%, Sandbox 13.2%, FPS 10.7%, Survival 9.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that tasks players with rebuilding civilization in a hostile, post-apocalyptic landscape.

  30. #30 VEIN
    77% matchVery Positive88% of 12,003 reviews2025
    Dev: Ramjet Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

    Why similar: Zombies 21.5%, Base Building 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Open World 13.4%, Survival 13.3%

  31. #31 Outbreak Island
    77% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,082 reviews2025
    Dev: Tiny Magicians
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

    Why similar: Sandbox 15.4%, Zombies 13.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Survival 11.9%

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    76% matchVery Positive90% of 841 reviews2025
    Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    Why similar: Zombies 20.2%, Agriculture 17.7%, Base Building 14.8%, FPS 12.8%, Survival 10.1%

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    78% matchMixed65% of 50 reviews2023
    Dev: FiveVolt Games
    Windows

    Save the last survivors after a deadly zombie virus has taken over your island home. Protect those closest to you at all costs and evacuate before supplies run out.

    Why similar: Zombies 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Stealth 11.2%, Survival 10.4%

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  34. #34 MEAT TRAIN
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2026
    Dev: Kiwiforge
    Windows

    Meat Train is a FPS game where you operate a train thats uses MEAT for FUEL. Explore a wasteland where everything wants you dead, scavenge for weapons and loot. Upgrade the train and attempt to destroy an evil AI megafactory.

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  35. #35 Junk Survivor
    76% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 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: Zombies 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 11.8%

  36. #36 DREADZONE
    75% matchMixed51% of 1,210 reviews2025
    Dev: Eshed
    Windows

    Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

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  37. #37 No One Survived
    73% matchMixed64% of 7,777 reviews2025
    Dev: Cat Play Studio
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    Why similar: Zombies 28.7%, Survival 20.4%, Open World 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Sandbox 8.9%

  38. #38 Scrap Mechanic
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 122,134 reviews2026
    Dev: Axolot Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  39. #39 Survival Machine
    72% matchMostly Positive71% of 805 reviews2026
    Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    74% matchMixed69% of 316 reviews2023
    Dev: Zombie Survival Game Online LLC
    Windows

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  41. #41 State of Decay
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
    Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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  42. #42 DARKEST DAYS
    72% matchMixed49% of 5,125 reviews2025
    Dev: NHN
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%

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    Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Open World 14.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 12.5%

  43. #43 Shadows of Kurgansk
    74% matchMixed67% of 224 reviews2016
    Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
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    69% matchVery Positive86% of 13,056 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    70% matchVery Positive85% of 592 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac
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    73% matchMixed54% of 318 reviews2020
    Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
    Windows
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    Why similar: Base Building 14.2%, FPS 14.1%, Zombies 14.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%

  47. #47 Forever Skies
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,950 reviews2025
    Dev: Far From Home
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

    Why similar: Base Building 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Open World 17.6%, Survival 17%, First-Person 8.3%

  48. #48 Apocalypse Island
    70% matchMixed40% of 67 reviews2025
    Dev: Bettini Games
    Windows

    As an ex-scientist on a mission, you find yourself in a toxic and infected island, where humans are no where to be seen. Build, explore and survive.

    Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 11%, Action-Adventure 7.7%

  49. #49 Winter Survivor Protocol
    68% matchMixed69% of 189 reviews2026
    Dev: RECAST
    Windows

    Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!

    Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Post-apocalyptic 26.2%, Open World 17.7%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Survival 8.2%

  50. #50 Deadburg
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 126 reviews2022
    Dev: Reanimated Games
    Windows

    Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city.

    Why similar: Zombies 25.2%, Base Building 23.6%, Survival 16%, Sandbox 15.5%, FPS 12.1%

  51. #51 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,938 reviews2024
    Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?

    Why similar: Trains 47.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 12.4%, Survival 12.3%, First-Person 7.6%

  52. #52 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
    71% matchMixed50% of 164 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 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Survival 16%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 12.2%

  53. #53 ZED ZONE
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 3,661 reviews2023
    Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.5 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: Zombies 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Sandbox 17.5%, Survival 15%, Open World 14.9%

  54. #54 Taora : Beginning
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 2,239 reviews2023
    Dev: Tulpar Games
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!

    Why similar: Sandbox 15%, Zombies 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Base Building 12.5%, Action RPG 10.8%

  55. #55 Drive 4 Survival
    69% matchMixed65% of 304 reviews2020
    Dev: M3M Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Zombies 14.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 12.3%

  56. #56 Human Host
    65% matchVery Positive83% of 708 reviews2026
    Dev: Virtual Matrix Studio
    Windows

    Human Host is an open-world zombie survival crafting game. In this endless procedurally generated world, terrain, buildings, trees, rocks—everything is destructible! Build massive mobile bases, dig deep underground, construct trap-filled fortresses, scavenge supplies, and survive as long as you can!

    Why similar: Zombies 33.7%, Sandbox 21.8%, Survival 19.5%, Open World 15%, First-Person 8%

  57. #57 Temporal Purge: Z
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Exec Games
    Windows

    Become an interdimensional zombie slayer in Temporal Purge: Z, an action-packed zombie-survival FPS. Face the zombie onslaught as you eradicate countless undead monsters on your quest to save the future.

    Why similar: Zombies 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, FPS 14.9%, Survival 12%, Shooter 7.5%

  58. #58 DYSMANTLE
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 11,572 reviews2021
    Dev: 10tons Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

    Why similar: Zombies 23.4%, Base Building 18%, Open World 15.5%, Survival 15.4%, Agriculture 14.5%

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