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2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch77 % positive47.99 €

Unforgiving multiplayer survival across a vast zombie-infested countryside where hunger, sickness and above all other players are the real threat. Every encounter can turn into an alliance or a betrayal, and death means starting over from nothing.

  • Open world
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for DayZ are 7 Days to Die, Rust and Deadside. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes DayZ special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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7 Days to Die

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2024PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified89 % positive43.99 €

  • Open world
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Challenging difficulty

A zombie survival sandbox built on crafting, looting, base building and skill progression, where every seventh night a massive horde tests your fortifications. Played solo or in co-op, it blends first-person shooting with tower-defense tension.

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Rust

Challenging difficulty

A brutal multiplayer survival sandbox where you spawn with nothing, gather resources, build bases and fight other players to stay alive. Raids, betrayals and clan wars make every wipe unpredictable.

Deadside

Challenging difficulty

A hardcore multiplayer survival shooter set in a large, realistic open world after civilization's collapse, with no zombies or anomalies. It centers on scavenging, staying alive and fighting other players.

Project Zomboid

Challenging difficulty

An unforgiving zombie survival sandbox where you loot, build, craft and train skills until your inevitable death. Its deep simulation and highly customisable rules turn every run into a personal survival story, solo or with friends.

The Forest

Dark, serious atmosphere

After a plane crash you build shelters and traps in a dense forest while tribes of cannibals stalk and attack you. Creepy mutant-filled caves and the mystery of your missing son drive the exploration, and it's best played with friends in co-op.

Miscreated

Challenging difficulty

An unforgiving online survival sandbox where you scavenge, build bases and fight mutants, harsh weather and other players in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Survive the Nights

Dark, serious atmosphere

A multiplayer first-person survival shooter where teams fortify shelters, scavenge supplies and try to outlast waves of the undead night after night. You can dig in or roam freely.

H1Z1

Realistic visuals

H1Z1 is a zombie survival shooter in a large post-apocalyptic world where many players scavenge, form alliances and fight each other. It was later split into Just Survive and the battle royale spin-off King of the Kill.

Just Survive

Dark, serious atmosphere

A multiplayer zombie survival game set in an open world, centered on scavenging, crafting and the constant threat of other players.

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