Games like DayZ

3.6average player rating•5 games

DayZ's pull is the unscripted survival sandbox: persistent servers where hunger, gear and strangers turn every minute into a gamble. These picks keep that edge—open maps, loss that matters, and systems that reward caution—each for a different reason.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic73

Avg. player rating3.6/5

Avg. playtime9h

Main genreAction

Released2013–2024

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Action4 of 5
Indie4 of 5
Massively Multiplayer3 of 5
Adventure2 of 5
RPG2 of 5
Shooter2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Hunt: Showdown
ActionShooter
High-stakes extraction: sound carries, every shot draws third parties, and death dumps your kit.
3.9/5Player ratingMC79View game
2
Project Zomboid
RPGIndie
Persistent multiplayer survival where hunger, injuries, infection, and noise management matter more than any single fight.
3.9/5Player ratingView game
3
Deadside
ActionAdventureIndie
Slow, tactical gunplay over a huge map, scarce loot, and base building you actually have to defend.
3.8/5Player ratingView game
4
Rust
ActionShooterRPG
Always-on servers, brutal PvP, and bases that live and die by offline raids.
3.4/5Player ratingMC66View game
5
SCUM
ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer
A map this big and brutally simulated survival: hunger, wounds, ballistics, and full-gear loss on persistent servers.
3.2/5Player ratingView game