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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.
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$10.99Mist Survival
Aug 14 · Dimension 32 Entertainment
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
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
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftZombiesOpen WorldSingleplayerBase BuildingCraftingSandboxAdventureEarly Access👍 13,676
State of Decay
Nov 5 · Undead Labs
Both: Zombies · Survival · Open World
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.
ZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldActionPost-apocalypticRPGThird PersonBase BuildingSingleplayerSandbox👍 15,294
$11.99SurrounDead
Jun 24 · Zurvivor
Both: Zombies · Survival · Open World
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.
ZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldPost-apocalypticSingleplayerLootExplorationShooterBase BuildingOpen World Survival Craft👍 24,567
$29.99Night of the Dead
May 31 · Jackto Studios
Both: Zombies · Tower Defense · Open World
'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!
Open World Survival CraftZombiesTower DefenseMultiplayerSingleplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingSurvivalBase Building👍 10,381
$19.99State of Decay: YOSE
Apr 27 · Undead Labs
Both: Zombies · Survival · Open World
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.
ZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingPost-apocalypticSingleplayerMultiplayerActionRPGThird Person👍 10,527
$44.997 Days to Die
Jul 25 · The Fun Pimps
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
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!
SurvivalZombiesMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingPost-apocalypticOnline Co-OpVoxelBuilding👍 279,474
$11.99Dig or Die
Jul 10 · Gaddy Games
Both: Survival · Sandbox · Open World
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftSandboxCrafting2DOpen WorldIndieTower DefenseStrategyAction👍 3,864
$19.99Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Aug 19 · Longplay Studios
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
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?
SurvivalZombiesRoguelikeOpen World Survival CraftTurn-Based StrategyOpen WorldSandboxRPGPixel GraphicsExploration👍 4,341
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
$24.99Project Zomboid
Nov 8 · The Indie Stone
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
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..
SurvivalZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftSandboxPost-apocalypticCo-opCraftingBuilding👍 365,078
$19.99HumanitZ
Feb 6 · Yodubzz Studios
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
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.
SurvivalZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerBase BuildingCraftingSandboxIsometricPost-apocalypticShooter👍 11,166
$11.99ZED ZONE
Mar 29 · Leven Liu
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
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.
Early AccessSurvivalZombiesOpen WorldPost-apocalypticSandboxPixel GraphicsBuildingCraftingTop-Down👍 3,509
$4.99Survivalist
Jan 30 · Bob
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
SurvivalZombiesRPGOpen WorldActionStrategyBase BuildingAdventurePost-apocalypticMultiplayer👍 2,156
$16.99No One Survived
Dec 27 · Cat Play Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Zombies
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
SurvivalOpen WorldZombiesMultiplayerCraftingSurvival HorrorPost-apocalypticExplorationBuildingCo-op👍 6,970
$19.99DYSMANTLE
Nov 16 · 10tons Ltd
Both: Survival · Open World · Zombies
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.
SurvivalOpen WorldCraftingZombiesBase BuildingRPGAdventureExplorationActionDestruction👍 11,028
$29.99State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Mar 13 · Undead Labs
Both: Survival · Open World · Zombies
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.
SurvivalOpen WorldZombiesBase BuildingMultiplayerCo-opOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticSimulationAction👍 59,176
$19.99Zelter
Oct 22 · G1 Playground
Both: Zombies · Survival · Open World
All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!
ZombiesSurvivalVoxelPost-apocalypticBuildingOpen WorldExplorationSimulationOnline Co-OpSingleplayer👍 1,734
FreeZombie Builder Defense
Nov 2 · Noham Games
Both: Zombies · Base Building · Survival
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.
ActionZombiesOnline Co-OpBase BuildingSurvivalTower DefenseTop-Down ShooterMultiplayerCo-opViolent👍 285
$2.99Grim Nights
Oct 12 · Edym Pixels
Both: Tower Defense · Base Building · Survival
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingSurvival2DSide ScrollerRTSZombiesManagementBuilding👍 1,502
$19.99Zompiercer
Apr 3 · DDDimanN
Both: Sandbox · Zombies · Base Building
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.
Early AccessSandboxZombiesFPSBase BuildingShooterPost-apocalypticTrainsAction-AdventureOpen World👍 4,573
FreeUnturned
Jul 7 · Smartly Dressed Games
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
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.
Free to PlaySurvivalZombiesMultiplayerOpen WorldCo-opSandboxCraftingShooterPost-apocalyptic👍 7,492
-60%$9.99Deadside
Dec 5 · Bad Pixel
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
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!
SurvivalCraftingPvPOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerBase BuildingFPSOpen WorldPost-apocalypticSandbox👍 34,563
Just Survive
Jan 15 · Daybreak Game Company
Both: Zombies · Survival · Open World
Just Survive is a post-apocalyptic survival game that immerses you in a world where humanity is fighting to take back control from the zombie hordes.
ZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerCraftingPost-apocalypticActionSurvival HorrorCo-op👍 62,779
$19.99Survive the Nights
Dec 5 · a2z Interactive
Both: Zombies · Sandbox · Survival
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
ZombiesMultiplayerSandboxSurvivalPost-apocalypticAtmosphericRealisticInventory ManagementAdventureShooter👍 4,723
$49.99DayZ
Dec 13 · Bohemia Interactive
Both: Survival · Open World · Zombies
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
SurvivalOpen WorldZombiesOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPost-apocalypticShooterPvPMassively MultiplayerFPS👍 387,937
-75%$3.74How to Survive 2
Sep 8 · Eko Software
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
SurvivalZombiesMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldCo-opCraftingActionRPGAdventure👍 8,643
$29.99Kenshi
Dec 6 · Lo-Fi Games
Both: Open World · Sandbox · Survival
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Open WorldSandboxSurvivalRPGStrategy RPGImmersive SimSimulationPost-apocalypticCraftingSamurai👍 98,503
$5.99CastleMiner Z
Feb 3 · DigitalDNA Games
Both: Survival · Zombies · Sandbox
CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalZombiesMultiplayerActionSandboxAdventureIndieOpen WorldCrafting👍 7,938
$9.99LifeZ - Survival
Mar 29 · iDs Games
Both: Survival · Zombies · Base Building
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftZombiesSimulationActionRPGIndieEarly AccessBase BuildingSandbox👍 223
$19.99Cepheus Protocol
May 15 · Halcyon Winds
Both: Sandbox · Zombies · Survival
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.
SandboxZombiesRTSSurvivalPost-apocalypticBuildingStrategyGoreOpen WorldSingleplayer👍 2,983
$29.99Sons Of The Forest
Feb 22 · Endnight Games Ltd
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerCo-opSurvival HorrorBase BuildingHorrorCraftingBuildingFirst-Person👍 284,737
$2.99Polygeddon
Apr 17 · Digital Dreamworks, Gamesforfarm
Both: Zombies · Survival · Open World
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
ZombiesPost-apocalypticSurvivalOpen WorldRPGMultiplayerExplorationCo-opSandboxAdventure
-30%$17.49Infection Free Zone
Apr 11 · Jutsu Games
Both: Base Building · Zombies · Survival
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!
Early AccessBase BuildingPost-apocalypticZombiesCity BuilderStrategyManagementSurvivalSimulationRTS👍 16,573
$19.99Raft
Jun 20 · Redbeet Interactive
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
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!
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opCraftingOpen WorldBuildingBase BuildingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 323,554
$39.99Grounded
Sep 27 · Obsidian Entertainment
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
SurvivalMultiplayerCo-opOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingOpen WorldAdventureOnline Co-OpHorror👍 75,780
