Games like Nomad

Did Nomad leave you in a dark and tense frame of mind? These games are a good place to start. Most of them work well for a shared session.

Far Lands
Far Lands is an open-world survival game. Fight mercenaries, steal their loot and vehicles. Build and defend your base from zombies. Gather resources, craft better gear and loot different points of interest. Want to play with friends? Join them on Co-op!
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
62% of 154 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Outbreak Island
A remote island, a cryptic message from your missing father, and a strange beam that wakes the dead every night. Scavenge by day, refuel abandoned machines and face monsters after dark, and turn a ruined farm into a home worth defending. Open-world survival horror with a mystery at its core.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Scary
78% of 1,002 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$14.99
No One Survived
A hardcore open-world survival sandbox in a zombie apocalypse. Track hunger, thirst, illness and mood, learn everything from metallurgy to cooking, build a real house with load-bearing walls, and defend it when the horde comes. Play alone or with friends, and tune the apocalypse to your taste.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
64% of 7,022 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 100$16.99
Survive 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.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
68% of 4,795 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 69$19.99
Deadly Flare
A solar flare has struck and every living soul is turning into a rotting and aggressive ghoul.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Scary
53% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Survival: Lost Way
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Scary
34% of 247 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Plains of Pain
A brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where the sun itself is out to kill you. Fight heat, thirst and hordes of madmen, build a settlement from nothing, craft hover vehicles to cross the desert, and pick a side in a faction war over the last outposts. Solo or with friends, every procedurally generated wasteland plays out differently.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
84% of 1,037 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99
Once Human
Once Human is an odd post-apocalyptic survival game where you join friends against monsters, build your own territory, and uncover what Stardust wants. You watch food and water for Sanity, hunt bosses for powerful loot, and shape guns with parts, perks, and upgrades.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
79% of 195,453 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16,660Free
Dead District: Survival
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Competitive
47% of 428 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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. Explore the island, gear up, raise a fortress and survive the horde that comes after every sunset, alone or with friends.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
77% of 10,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 145$11.99
DeadPoly
DeadPoly is a low-poly zombie survival looter shooter: scavenge, craft, build a base, level up, and stay fed while the world falls apart. Survival is the only goal; everything else is optional. Play alone, on servers, or in co-op with friends, and see how long you last.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
79% of 5,719 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 124$9.99
HumanitZ
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.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
74% of 11,598 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99

Hidden gems like Nomad

Human Host

Gather and build by day, survive the night horde, or put your whole base on wheels and move on before the zombies catch up.

$16.88

Outbreak Island

Search a fog-bound island for your missing father while the dead rise after dark and a ruined farm slowly becomes your stronghold.

$14.99

VEIN

Scavenge, build and fight your way through a grim open world, alone or with friends at your side.

$19.99

Necesse

Necesse drops you into an endless pixel world with bare hands and a big idea: build a settlement, recruit settlers to run it, then head out to fight…

$14.99

Plains of Pain

A brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where the sun itself is out to kill you.

$19.99

IfSunSets

Gather, craft and fortify on a cursed island, then hold your ground when the dead rise at dusk.

$19.99

HumanitZ

Scavenge ruined cities, build a shelter worth defending, and see how long you last in a grim open world.

$19.99

INCUR Survival

A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base…

$3.99

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.

$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.

$11.99

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.

$11.99

Sunkenland

Dive for supplies in flooded ruins, raise a stronghold above the waves, and hold it against pirates and mutants.

$19.99

Newest games like Nomad

ZED ZONE

Scavenge a hostile open world, craft and mod your gear, raise a fortified base and push toward escape, alone or with friends.

$7.19

Nomad Drive

Fix up a rundown RV and drive it through a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world, solo or with up to three friends.

$13.49

Nuclear Epoch

Craft weapons, raise a town from a shelter and raid for loot you keep only if you make it out alive, alone or with friends.

$11.99

Survival Machine

Build up a colossal moving base, keep it fueled, and defend its deck from zombie hordes by night, alone or with friends.

$19.99

Project: Mist

Scavenge a monster-haunted island, build a moving base on rails, and uncover its secrets alone or with friends.

$17.99

Human Host

Gather and build by day, survive the night horde, or put your whole base on wheels and move on before the zombies catch up.

$16.88

HumanitZ

Scavenge ruined cities, build a shelter worth defending, and see how long you last in a grim open world.

$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.

$16.99

Native Hunter

Inspired by an existing indigenous tribe, where they live on an island called "North Sentinel Island".

$17.99

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.

$19.99

The Front

Gather, craft and fortify a base, then push back against the empire in first person, alone or with friends.

$19.99

Outbreak Island

Search a fog-bound island for your missing father while the dead rise after dark and a ruined farm slowly becomes your stronghold.

$14.99