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by Kioop
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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$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$19.99Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Open World · Survival · Exploration
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Open WorldSurvivalExplorationPixel GraphicsMultiplayerSandboxCraftingBuildingCo-opBase Building👍 50,086
$44.99ARK: Survival Ascended
Oct 25 · Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerDinosaursBase BuildingCraftingBuildingAdventureSandboxAction👍 106,877
-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
$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
$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
-55%$13.49Forever Skies
Apr 14 · Far From Home
Both: Exploration · Survival · Base Building
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.
SingleplayerCo-opExplorationSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOpen World Survival CraftAdventureAction👍 8,139
-20%$15.99Pathless Woods
Apr 2 · AniYa Games Studio
Both: Open World · Survival · Sandbox
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Open WorldCraftingSurvivalSandboxSimulationFarming SimBuildingCity BuilderBase Building3D👍 951
$29.99Occupy Mars: The Game
Jan 30 · ▲ Pyramid Games
Both: Base Building · Survival · Open World
Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.
Open World Survival CraftBase BuildingSurvivalCraftingOnline Co-OpOpen WorldResource ManagementExplorationSandboxPvE👍 2,717
-43%$11.39Survival Machine
Jun 12 · Grape Pickers
Both: Tower Defense · Base Building · Zombies
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingOnline Co-OpZombiesResource ManagementCraftingCombatExplorationThird Person👍 692
$6.99Another Try 2
Apr 17 · Hoki Wolf Studio
Both: Survival · Zombies · Exploration
The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.
Early AccessSurvivalAdventurePost-apocalypticZombiesExplorationLootCraftingDrivingAction👍 1,002
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Base Building · Tower Defense · Sandbox
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Sandbox · Open World · Survival
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxMMORPGOpen WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerWarCharacter Customization👍 15,523
$34.99Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Feb 15 · Max Ent Games Ltd
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
SurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingBuildingCo-opExploration👍 8,088
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World · Exploration
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCookingOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-PersonBase Building👍 595
$23.99The Planet Crafter
Apr 10 · Miju Games
Both: Base Building · Survival · Open World
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Base BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpCo-opBuildingCraftingSpaceOpen WorldExploration👍 68,913
-66%$8.49Zombie Cure Lab
May 27 · Thera Bytes GmbH
Both: Zombies · Base Building · Tower Defense
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Colony SimZombiesSciencePost-apocalypticResource ManagementBase BuildingOutbreak SimCity BuilderTower DefenseSandbox👍 393
$19.99Longvinter
Feb 21 · Uuvana Studios
Both: Survival · Open World · Sandbox
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
MultiplayerSurvivalCraftingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftSandboxPvPCo-opBuildingAdventure👍 6,951
$24.99Survive the Fall
May 22 · Angry Bulls Studio
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
SingleplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftPost-apocalypticStealthActionRPGCrafting👍 592
$24.99Len's Island
Jun 19 · Flow Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Sandbox
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalFarmingBuildingDungeon CrawlerOpen WorldNatureCraftingSandboxExploration👍 5,936
$34.99Abiotic Factor
Jul 22 · Deep Field Games
Both: Survival · Base Building · Exploration
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
SurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen World Survival CraftCraftingBase BuildingSci-fiExplorationCo-op CampaignMultiplayerFirst-Person👍 42,120
$19.99Planetaries
Aug 15 · EY-Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Exploration
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldOnline Co-OpMultiplayerBuildingCraftingExplorationBase BuildingCo-op👍 214
$16.99Return from Core
Jul 17 · 顽核社 FuncoreClub
Both: Survival · Base Building · Sandbox
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
AutomationSurvivalBase BuildingDating SimSandboxCraftingSingleplayerActionAdventureBuilding👍 1,621
$4.99Operation: Outbreak Idle
Sep 4 · DeadLogics
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies · Survival
Command automated military defenses, upgrade your fortress, and survive massive zombie waves in this action-packed idle defense game. Build powerful defenses, unlock upgrades, and hold the line against endless undead hordes.
Tower DefenseZombiesStrategySingleplayerCasualSurvivalShoot 'Em UpIncrementalShooter3D
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Open World
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
$44.99SCUM
Jun 17 · Gamepires
Both: Open World · Survival · Zombies
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.
Open World Survival CraftOpen WorldSurvivalMassively MultiplayerNudityZombiesCraftingSingleplayerActionRealistic👍 98,571
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
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.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
$19.99Cultivation Tales
Apr 17 · Ac Games
Both: Sandbox · Survival · Open World
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
SandboxBuildingOnline Co-OpSurvivalActionMassively MultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftAdventureOpen WorldSingleplayer👍 12,560
