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A third-person open-world zombie survival game with solo, co-op, and PvP modes, featuring a steep learning curve and a short median reviewer playtime of about three hours.

Masked Forces: Zombie Survival
An indie zombie-apocalypse shooter with solo, co-op, and PvP modes, featuring solid gunplay in short, graphically rough sessions.
2017-07-14
- Shooter
- Action

First person

Indie

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DayZ

A tense multiplayer zombie survival game where scavenging, building, and permadeath collide with betrayal-prone fellow survivors.

2018-12-13

Shooter
Action
Warfare
First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Third person
Tactical
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world
Sandbox
Drama

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Ice World

A co-op open-world survival game set in a blizzard-ravaged world, where you mine, build, and fight beasts, but reviewers report it feels unfinished and short.

2024-11-16

Shooter
Action
First person
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Indie
Stealth
Open world
Sandbox

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Unturned

A free-to-play open-world zombie survival sandbox focused on scavenging, crafting, and base building in a post-apocalyptic world.

2017-07-07

Shooter
Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Third person
Indie
Open world

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HumanitZ

An isometric open-world zombie survival sandbox where players scavenge, craft, and fight solo or in multiplayer, though reviewers find it buggy and derivative.

2026-02-06

Action
Adventure
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Role-playing (RPG)
Sandbox

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Survivalist: Invisible Strain

A post-apocalyptic zombie survival strategy game with settlement management, single-player and co-op, offering a deep but punishing sandbox for long-term play.

2025-04-25

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Afterinfection

A mixed-reviewed open-world zombie survival game with scavenging and crafting on a large island, offering PvP, co-op, and MMO modes, though some players find it abandoned and broken.

2025-05-19

Action
Adventure
Simulator

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Dead District: Survival

Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming, and multiplayer on a dangerous island, but mixed reviews cite frustrating enemy respawns and combat.

2023-06-15

Action
Adventure
Indie
Simulator

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CastleMiner Z

A voxel survival sandbox of mining, crafting, block building, and zombie combat in an infinite world, with single-player, co-op, and PvP.

2014-02-03

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Simulator
Historical
Sandbox

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Survival Nation

An open-world VR zombie-survival RPG with crafting, quests, and solo/PvE/PvP modes, delivering roughly 17 hours of mixed-reviewed physical VR play.

2023-02-02

Action
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world
Sandbox
Virtual Reality

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Zombie Panic! Source

A cooperative and PvP survival-horror FPS mod for the Source engine, where players face off against a zombie-master-controlled horde in a fast-paced zombie apocalypse.

2008-10-03

Shooter
Action
First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie

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State of Decay

An open-world third-person zombie survival action game about rebuilding a community through scavenging, stealth melee combat, and vehicle use, with a median reviewer playtime of about 11 hours.

2013-11-05

Shooter
Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Strategy
Third person
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Stealth
Open world
Sandbox