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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.
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$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
$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
$19.99State 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
$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
$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
$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
$19.99Dread Dawn
Sep 30 · Kioop
Both: Zombies · Survival · Open World
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.
ZombiesSurvivalExplorationSandboxOpen WorldBase BuildingTower DefenseAdventureRPGAtmospheric👍 2,113
$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
$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
-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
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
$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
$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
$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
$39.99Fallout 76
Apr 14 · Bethesda Game Studios
Both: Open World · Post-apocalyptic · Survival
Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Join millions of players as you explore, build, quest, and triumph in a massive open-world multiplayer adventure.
Open WorldMultiplayerPost-apocalypticRPGDark ComedyCapitalismSurvivalBase BuildingCo-opShooter👍 78,375
$29.99Night of the Dead
May 31 · Jackto Studios
Both: Zombies · Open World · Survival
'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
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
$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
$19.99Zelter
Oct 22 · G1 Playground
Both: Zombies · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
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
$11.99Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Apr 25 · Bob
Both: Post-apocalyptic · Base Building
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Dialogue HeavyOpen World Survival CraftColony SimRPGRTSPost-apocalypticBase BuildingThird PersonActionCharacter Customization👍 4,016
$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
$14.99SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Dec 3 · TB Games
Both: Survival · Open World · Post-apocalyptic
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerPost-apocalypticFPSCraftingActionAdventureZombies👍 7,751
$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
FreeInfestation: The New Beginning
· Fredaikis AB
Both: Zombies · Survival · Open World
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
ZombiesSurvivalMassively MultiplayerOpen WorldActionPvPMultiplayerRPGIndieSimulation👍 17,106
-90%$2.49Green Hell
Sep 5 · Creepy Jar
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingActionBase BuildingSingleplayerCo-op👍 79,478
$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
$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
$13.99Subsistence
Oct 25 · ColdGames
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerCraftingOpen WorldBuildingBase BuildingSandboxCo-opSingleplayer👍 12,466
$29.99Kenshi
Dec 6 · Lo-Fi Games
Both: Open World · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
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
-90%$1.49Sheltered
Mar 15 · Unicube, Team 17 Digital Ltd
Both: Survival · Base Building · Post-apocalyptic
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
SurvivalBase BuildingPost-apocalypticPixel GraphicsStrategyManagementResource ManagementRPGBuilding2D👍 5,366
$7.99Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
Jun 12 · HuaYiTianXin
Both: Survival · Zombies · Post-apocalyptic
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
SurvivalZombiesAdventureIndiePost-apocalypticStrategyRPGActionGoreSimulation👍 820
$19.99Starsand
Nov 17 · Tunnel Vision Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Starsand is a mystic survival game set among the dunes of an arcane desert. An open-world full of danger, vast environments and mysterious happenings await you! Explore, hunt, craft, build – and SURVIVE.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldRealistic3DFirst-PersonExplorationCraftingBase BuildingInventory Management👍 807
$29.99Fade to Silence
Apr 30 · Black Forest Games
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftRPGOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpBase BuildingLovecraftianSingleplayerThird Person👍 1,032
FreeNomad
Jun 26 · Diminished Studios
Both: Survival · Zombies · Open World
Try and survive in the world of Nomad. Build a base and protect it from raiding players. Scavenge food, weapons and medical supplies across the island. Team up with others and make a base. Make your mark on the world of Nomad.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerFree to PlayZombiesOpen WorldCraftingAdventureActionEarly Access👍 379
