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2014PC41 % positive

A punishing multiplayer survival game set in a ruined post-apocalyptic city where other players and teleporting Nether creatures are equally deadly. You scavenge, build defenses, and weigh cooperation against distrust.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Building and crafting
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Dread and tension

The closest matches for Nether are DayZ, Just Survive and 7 Days to Die. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Nether special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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DayZ

99 %Match

2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch77 % positive47.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Nether: a post-apocalyptic setting, an open world and co-op or multiplayer.

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.

Just Survive

Post-apocalyptic setting

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

7 Days to Die

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

Rust

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

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.

Unturned

Post-apocalyptic setting

A free-to-play zombie survival sandbox with blocky low-poly visuals where you scavenge, craft and build bases across large maps, teaming up with or betraying other players. A huge modding and workshop scene keeps it endlessly replayable.

H1Z1

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

Deadside

Co-op or multiplayer

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.

The Day Before

Playing together in co-op

A multiplayer extraction shooter set in a zombie-overrun post-apocalyptic city, where you scavenge and try to survive. It is best known for its long troubled development, rocky early access launch and the controversy over its legitimacy.

SurrounDead

Dread and tension

An open-world survival game set in a zombie-ridden apocalypse, where you scavenge for resources, find weapons and fight to stay alive against the undead.

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