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Games like Night of the Dead

2024PCSteam Deck playable77 % positive−60 % ~~28.99 €~~ 11.59 €

You survive on a vast zombie-infested island, gathering resources, hunting, cooking and building bases and fortresses. Traps help you steer and fend off waves of zombies in this survival-crafting game.

Post-apocalyptic setting
Building and crafting
Open world
Dread and tension

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Best alternative overall: 7 Days to Die 99% match – Post-apocalyptic setting
Newest alternative: Survivalist: Invisible Strain 96% match – released 2025

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7 Days to Die

99 %Match

2024PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified87 % positive43.99 €

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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Sons of the Forest

Dread and tension

Stranded on a remote island, you craft, build and fight to survive while cannibals and mutants hunt you. Play solo or in co-op, delve into dark caves, and fortify a base, with AI companions helping along the way.

Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Post-apocalyptic setting

A survival RPG set in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest, ten years after an infection broke out. You manage resources and settlements while a new, sinister threat emerges.

Project Zomboid

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

State of Decay 2

Post-apocalyptic setting

An open-world zombie survival game where you build and manage a community of survivors, scavenge supplies and upgrade your base. Permanent death for characters gives every decision weight, and you can play solo or in co-op.

State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition

Dread and tension

An open-world zombie survival game where you lead a community of survivors, scavenge supplies and build up your base. When a character dies they are gone for good, and you carry on with the next one.

State of Decay

Post-apocalyptic setting

A zombie survival game in an open world where you build up a home base, scavenge supplies and manage a roster of survivors with their own skills. Death is permanent for fallen characters, which gives every decision weight.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

Post-apocalyptic setting

An enormously deep open-source survival roguelike in a post-apocalyptic New England where you juggle hunger, illness and zombies, build vehicles and shelters, and carve out your own goals with no fixed objective.

LifeZ - Survival

Post-apocalyptic setting

A third-person sandbox survival game where you build a hideout, scavenge water, food and resources, and fend off zombies while looking for a way out of the disaster zone.

Vein

Post-apocalyptic setting

A post-apocalyptic survival sandbox where you scavenge supplies, search abandoned buildings and defend your base, solo or with friends. Still in active development.