Project Zomboid
Project Zomboid strands you in towns loosely based on Kentucky with no rescue coming.
94% of 373,815 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28,779$24.99
Games like DayZ
Miss the dark and tense pull of DayZ? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog. Sharing the fun is easy with these picks.
Project Zomboid
Project Zomboid strands you in towns loosely based on Kentucky with no rescue coming. You loot, barricade and craft, and every run turns into your own survival story. Punishing and darkly funny, it is worth playing if you want a zombie sandbox where planning each step beats rushing.
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94% of 373,815 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28,779$24.99DARKEST DAYS
DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.
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49% of 5,282 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 124Free7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die is a survival sandbox in a ruined land full of the undead, blending shooting, tower defense, and role-playing. You loot, craft, grow skills through perks and books, and build a fort to hold through zombie hordes. It rewards planning, building, and playing with friends across a large, rough world.
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86% of 281,033 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13,246$44.99SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
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?
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55% of 7,742 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Next Day: Survival
An open-world survival game set in a fog-choked Eastern European country, with RPG skills, factions, crafting and shootouts. Once built around multiplayer, it now lives on in its offline single mode: scavenge, fight, and carve out a reputation in a grim, tense world that rewards stubbornness.
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62% of 8,618 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Zombie Survival Game Online
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
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67% of 275 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Survive the Nights
A hardcore zombie survival sandbox where the day is for work and the night is for holding on. Fortify a house or turn a school bus into a rolling fortress, alone or with friends.
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68% of 4,799 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 69$19.99Deadside
Deadside is a fast-moving open-world survival shooter where loot comes quick and gunfights decide who keeps it. Stash gear in safe zones, build a fortified base in the wild, then take cars, bikes, boats or the metro back out for missions, events and raids.
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76% of 34,673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 667$9.99SurrounDead
Five years after the virus, the towns are quiet, the dead are not, and survival is up to you. SurrounDead drops you into a wide open wasteland to loot guns and coats, trade for the missing piece, fortify a hideout, and keep your car running. Rough, roomy, and easy to lose an evening in.
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90% of 25,306 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,612$11.99HumanitZ
HumanitZ is an isometric open-world zombie survival sandbox where zeeks have taken over and humans are nearly done for. Scavenge cities, live off the land, craft, build, and drive through bad weather and worse company, solo or with friends. Survive as long as humanly possible, and maybe push toward the island that holds the truth.
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74% of 11,623 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99DREADZONE
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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51% of 1,189 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Unturned
Scavenge for supplies, build a fortified base, chase airdrops and decide whether the stranger on the road is a friend or your last mistake. Solo or with friends, every run plays out differently.
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91% of 565,128 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16,356Free
Cheaper than DayZ
7 Days to Die
Loot a ruined world, craft your gear and raise a fort that has to stand against the horde.
86% of 281,033 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13,246$44.99
SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game.
55% of 7,742 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Next Day: Survival
Scavenge, craft and fight your way through a contaminated open world, alone and on your own terms.
62% of 8,618 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Zombie Survival Game Online
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival.
67% of 275 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Survive the Nights
Scavenge, fortify a shelter and get ready before dark, then survive the night alone or with friends in a grim, tense zombie world.
68% of 4,799 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 69$19.99
Deadside
A grim open-world survival shooter where every run risks your gear against other players, and a fortified base waits for what you bring home.
76% of 34,673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 667$9.99
SurrounDead
Scavenge a zombie-ridden open world for gear and supplies, trade for what you lack, and turn a hideout into a base that keeps you alive.
90% of 25,306 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,612$11.99
HumanitZ
Scavenge ruined cities, build a shelter worth defending, and see how long you last in a grim open world.
74% of 11,623 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
DREADZONE
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone.
51% of 1,189 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Survival Classic
Try to survive the harsh realities of the cold Siberian countryside. Live long and always remember, man is man's enemy.
66% of 313 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
SurvivalZ
A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors!
59% of 244 Steam reviews are positive$0.69
Hidden gems like DayZ
Road to Vostok
Loot, gear up and cross a hostile border zone, where every run into Vostok is permadeath and the best loot sits behind the worst risks.
83% of 9,245 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 476$19.99
ZED ZONE
Scavenge a hostile open world, craft and mod your gear, raise a fortified base and push toward escape, alone or with friends.
81% of 4,159 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,206$7.19
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Keep a fragile group of survivors fed, armed and moving through a grim, tense story where every choice can cost a life.
89% of 9,467 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,001$24.99
VEIN
Scavenge, build and fight your way through a grim open world, alone or with friends at your side.
87% of 12,328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 838$19.99
MISERY
Raid irradiated ruins, hunt artifacts and keep your bunker standing while your mind holds on.
85% of 20,788 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 258$19.99
ZERO Sievert
Raid a pixel-art wasteland, grab what you can carry, and make it back to your bunker before the wasteland takes it all.
84% of 14,581 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 220$19.99
HumanitZ
Scavenge ruined cities, build a shelter worth defending, and see how long you last in a grim open world.
74% of 11,623 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
DUCKSIDE
Build a nest, craft weapons and take to the air in a persistent world where every fight is against other ducks.
71% of 2,712 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.99
Survive the Nights
Scavenge, fortify a shelter and get ready before dark, then survive the night alone or with friends in a grim, tense zombie world.
68% of 4,799 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 69$19.99
Night of the Dead
An open-world zombie survival game where the day is for gathering, crafting and building, and the night is for holding the line.
77% of 10,414 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 145$29.99
Decision: Red Daze
Lead a squad of survivors through a zombie-ridden wasteland, claim its ruins and turn them into settlements that can hold out against the Red Daze.
74% of 860 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$3.99
SurrounDead
Scavenge a zombie-ridden open world for gear and supplies, trade for what you lack, and turn a hideout into a base that keeps you alive.
90% of 25,306 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,612$11.99
Newest games like DayZ
ZED ZONE
Scavenge a hostile open world, craft and mod your gear, raise a fortified base and push toward escape, alone or with friends.
81% of 4,159 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,206$7.19
Scavland
Scavenge the wasteland for parts, build your own guns and push a little further each time, knowing ammo runs out faster than mutants do.
83% of 1,095 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 88$19.99
No More Room in Hell 2
Team up with up to seven friends, clear objectives across an infected world, and get out alive before permadeath finds you.
63% of 17,916 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,426$29.99
Road to Vostok
Loot, gear up and cross a hostile border zone, where every run into Vostok is permadeath and the best loot sits behind the worst risks.
83% of 9,245 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 476$19.99
Deadline Escape
Raid zombie-filled maps against a countdown, haul your loot home and turn it into better gear.
85% of 478 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$4.99
HumanitZ
Scavenge ruined cities, build a shelter worth defending, and see how long you last in a grim open world.
74% of 11,623 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
No One Survived
Scavenge, craft and build a real home in a grim zombie world, then hold it when the dead close in, alone or with friends.
64% of 7,023 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 100$16.99
Survive the Nights
Scavenge, fortify a shelter and get ready before dark, then survive the night alone or with friends in a grim, tense zombie world.
68% of 4,799 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 69$19.99
VEIN
Scavenge, build and fight your way through a grim open world, alone or with friends at your side.
87% of 12,328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 838$19.99
MISERY
Raid irradiated ruins, hunt artifacts and keep your bunker standing while your mind holds on.
85% of 20,788 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 258$19.99
SCUM
Track your body, craft your gear and fight prisoners, zombies and worse on a brutal open-world prison island.
74% of 99,181 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8,793$44.99
Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Recruit strangers, build a camp and hold it together while an infected survivor hides in plain sight.
87% of 4,088 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 145$11.99