Games like Project Zomboid

3.8average player rating•5 games

Project Zomboid treats the apocalypse as a long campaign—skills, loot, and bases that remember your mistakes. These games lean into survival stakes, crafting, and creeping dread.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic76

Avg. player rating3.8/5

Avg. playtime11h

Main genreIndie

Released2013–2021

What these games share

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

Indie4 of 5
Action2 of 5
RPG2 of 5
Shooter2 of 5
Simulation2 of 5
Strategy2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
RimWorld
StrategySimulationIndie
Colony stories without zombies—same emergent survival storytelling.
4.3/5Player ratingMC87View game
2
Valheim
ActionAdventureIndie
Co-op building and bosses—Norse survival when you want melee over guns.
4.0/5Player ratingView game
3
They Are Billions
StrategyIndie
RTS wave defense—planning a colony layout before the swarm arrives.
3.9/5Player ratingMC74View game
4
7 Days to Die
ShooterRPGIndie
Horde nights and voxel destruction—action-forward zombie weeks.
3.4/5Player ratingView game
5
State of Decay 2
ActionShooterRPG
Community management—permadeath heroes and base upgrades between runs.
3.3/5Player ratingMC68View game