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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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$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
$19.99HumanitZ
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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
-50%$24.99Dune: Awakening
Jun 10 · Funcom
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Dune: Awakening is a single- and multiplayer Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldBase BuildingRPGAdventurePvPExplorationPvE👍 67,053
-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
$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
$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
$39.99Enshrouded
Jan 24 · Keen Games GmbH
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Open WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCraftingRPGAdventureExplorationBuilding👍 93,460
$19.99Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
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
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
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
$2.99Polygeddon
Apr 17 · Digital Dreamworks, Gamesforfarm
Both: Zombies · Post-apocalyptic · Survival
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
$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
$34.99Abiotic Factor
Jul 22 · Deep Field Games
Both: Survival · Base Building
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
$34.99V Rising
May 8 · Stunlock Studios
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
VampiresSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingMultiplayerCraftingOnline Co-OpPvEBuildingPvP👍 110,532
-30%$17.49Infection Free Zone
Apr 11 · Jutsu Games
Both: Base Building · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
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
$29.99Soulmask
Apr 9 · CampFire Studio
Both: Survival · Base Building · Open World
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
SurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingPvEPvPHuntingSandboxAdventureSingleplayer👍 18,451
$19.99Planetaries
Aug 15 · EY-Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
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
$29.99Sengoku Dynasty
Nov 7 · Superkami
Both: Survival · Open World · Base Building
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
City BuilderSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingMedievalLife SimMultiplayerBuildingCraftingRPG👍 6,594
$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
$6.99Another Try 2
Apr 17 · Hoki Wolf Studio
Both: Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
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
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
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
$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
$19.99Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
Oct 29 · DAWINSTONE
Both: Post-apocalyptic · Zombies · Open World
The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.
RPGIndiePost-apocalypticAction RPGZombiesMilitaryOpen WorldSurvivalOpen World Survival Craft2D👍 908
$19.99Survive the Nights
Dec 5 · a2z Interactive
Both: Zombies · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
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
-20%$15.99Pathless Woods
Apr 2 · AniYa Games Studio
Both: Open World · Survival · Base Building
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
$19.99Longvinter
Feb 21 · Uuvana Studios
Both: Survival · Open World
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
$29.99Palworld
Jul 9 · Pocketpair
Both: Open World · Survival
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Open WorldSurvivalCreature CollectorMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpCraftingIndieCo-opAdventure👍 412,343
$1.99TRAPPED
Jun 16 · Cheap Fun Games, Forthright Indie Team
Both: Open World · Survival
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
ActionAdventureIndieStrategyOpen WorldSurvivalViolentMultiplayerEarly AccessCo-op👍 248
