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Looking for games like Dead Matter? Here are top open world role playing shooter recommendations with a horror and post-apocalyptic focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Survive the Nights, Dragon: The Game or Mist Survival.

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  1. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    64% User Score Based on 3,423 reviews

    Unique FPS multiplayer survival game focusing on teamwork, fortification, creativity and strategy. Secure a structure or roam free, the choice is yours. Test your survival skills against the dead and see how many nights you can survive! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survive the Nights.

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  2. 29%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    29% User Score Based on 665 reviews

    In this open world action role-playing game you will bring your dragon's story to life. Become a terrifying or benevolent dragon powerful enough to threaten kingdoms and leave its claw-mark in history. WARNING: DRAGON IS IN EARLY ACCESS ALPHA. IT IS NOT A COMPLETED GAME. Please do not purchase unless you want to actively support development and are PREPARED TO HAVE FUN DESPITE BUGS AND UNANTICI… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dragon: The Game.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 7,478 reviews

    MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist that can happen at any time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mist Survival.

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  4. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    64% User Score Based on 23,198 reviews

    Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miscreated.

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  5. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    53% User Score Based on 15,950 reviews

    Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Osiris: New Dawn.

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    25%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    25% User Score Based on 270 reviews

    FRONTIERS blends the feel of first-person RPG classics like Daggerfall with the relaxing tempo and simplicity of a point-and-click adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FRONTIERS.

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    38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    38% User Score Based on 10,143 reviews

    Nether is a fast-paced survival game that forces you to make quick life-saving decisions in an unforgiving environment. In this post-apocalyptic urban world, death is waiting around every corner, at the top of high-rise buildings, and in the grasp of powerful teleporting creatures known as 'Nethers'. These creatures and the other players are real challenges to overcome, requiring tactical gameplay… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nether.

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  8. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    67% User Score Based on 6,099 reviews

    EmergeNYC is a genre-bending simulation of New York City's Emergency Services. Drive over 30 different firetrucks, police cars, and ambulances alone, or with up to 32 of your friends through busy New York City Streets with blazing sirens and air horns. The game will be set in a fictional dynamic open-world recreation of Manhattan and will give the players the opportunity to step foot in the shoes … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EmergeNYC.

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  9. 36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    36% User Score Based on 628 reviews

    The Fifth Day is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in the time after mankind's extinction to the machines that it created. Your role, as one of these machines, is to survive in the hostile world left behind by man. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fifth Day.

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  10. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    56% User Score Based on 239 reviews

    The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind-consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jaws of Extinction.

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  11. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    69% User Score Based on 3,890 reviews

    This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No One Survived.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    68% User Score Based on 1,143 reviews

    Renown is a multiplayer survival experience set in a vast and ever changing medieval world. Players begin with nothing, gathering resources, building a kingdom and fighting to survive in the hopes of becoming renowned across the land. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Renown.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    51% User Score Based on 1,403 reviews

    The Black Death is a dark multiplayer survival game set during a plague-ridden medieval era. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Black Death.

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  15. 32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    32% User Score Based on 11,037 reviews

    Infestation: Survivor Stories is a zombie survival horror MMO. Based five years in the future following a horrendous viral outbreak of apocalyptic proportions that destroyed 95% of the world’s population, you must survive against all odds. Scavenge, defend yourself, band with others, or die in the process – your life is in your own hands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infestation: The New Beginning.

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    39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    39% User Score Based on 317 reviews

    Embark on an immersive journey in post-apocalyptic Stillwater Bay, where narrative-driven gameplay unfolds through interactions with engaging NPCs and missions. Gear up for a challenge, where you'll navigate through intense encounters that promise an adrenaline-fueled experience, requiring a perfect blend of skill and strategy. Get ready for each encounter to put you on the edge of your seat. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifeless.

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  17. 44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    41% User Score Based on 539 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Nostos is a cross-platform multiplayer game for PC & VR in an open-world setting, where Oriental animation elements are found. You can explore with friends, discover historical sites and remains of war, build shelters and fight, uncovering the truth hidden by time and tasting the past stories of hope or regret. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nostos.

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  18. 32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    32% User Score Based on 294 reviews

    Direct Contract is about Authentic Warfare, First-person Tactical realism experiences. Most weapons are in the same specs for each classification in today's world, making most modern combat asymmetrical. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DIRECT CONTACT.

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  19. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    50% User Score Based on 5,041 reviews

    Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build cities, castles and fortifications; construct mechanical devices and perform landscaping and underground mining. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Medieval Engineers.

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  20. 44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    44% User Score Based on 1,452 reviews

    Wild West Dynasty: Cowboys, Settlers & Gunslingers! Build your own ranch, provide food and wealth and soon more settlers will join you in your quest for happiness. Will you manage to build a "Wild West Dynasty" or will you end up on the gallows? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wild West Legacy.

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  21. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    69% User Score Based on 7,918 reviews
    Critic Score 35%Based on 6 reviews

    The Postal Dude is back! Postal 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever", Postal 2! (No third game is known to exist). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POSTAL 4: No Regerts.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    62% User Score Based on 2,438 reviews
    Critic Score 54%Based on 2 reviews

    The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citiizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Guild 3.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    47% User Score Based on 1,851 reviews

    Heat was a video game coming to, "next generation platforms," based on the movie of the same name. Originally announced as a Gearbox developed title in 2006, development has since been put on hold. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heat.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 7,362 reviews

    VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends. Game is currently in around the clock development and will include bugs and potential room for improvement If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VEIN.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    61% User Score Based on 481 reviews

    DREADZONEThe year is 2030, and humanity is on the brink of collapse. A devastating virus, Zeno-29, has swept across the globe, transforming the infected into horrifying mutants and leaving society in ruins. To contain the outbreak, governments have created thousands of isolated zones—quarantined wastelands where the infected are sent to live out their final days. You are one of the infected. Sent… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREADZONE.

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  26. 42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    42% User Score Based on 753 reviews

    An ambitious MMO game in steam Early Access. It is planed to be Buy-to-Play through Early Access and on full release. "Sci-fi mmorpg Project Genom will let you participate in the battle for the survival of humankind. Having destroyed their own planet, humans have found a new home and a seemingly happy life on Avalon. But people are not the only ones who liked the place. What attracted to this pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Genom.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    50% User Score Based on 206 reviews

    Outbreak is a coop first-person shooter with survival elements that turns into a base/tower-defense game during the night in a persistent open world. Capture land, defeat factions and end the mutant threat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TRAPPED.

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  29. 17%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    17% User Score Based on 2,422 reviews

    Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure with a focus on customization and enjoyable space simulation. The shipyard allows players to construct their ship piece by piece. Ships can be as simplistic as a cockpit, a hull, a engine and a gun, or as complex as a player wants. Each module has available subsystems which can be applied to strengthen specific attributes of the ship, and when damaged, those s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kinetic Void.

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  30. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    55% User Score Based on 8,658 reviews

    In the sequel to the 2011 award-winning Source mod, you and your fellow survivors must make your way through a diseased world that has seen the dead rise to feast on the living. Cooperation and teamwork are vital if the human race is to survive this living hell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No More Room in Hell 2.

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  31. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    52% User Score Based on 5,524 reviews

    Dark and Light is a vast sandbox RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock over 100 abilities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark and Light.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    48% User Score Based on 363 reviews

    Add to Wishlist – We’ll never forget your support! About the Game discord. gg  /26RXt8EctG Caravanners is a chill exploration and life adventure centered around caravans and camping, set in a massive open world. Start from scratch with a small truck, buy an empty caravan, and design your dream camper. Explore nature by day, enjoy music by the campfire with friends at night. KEY FE… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caravanners.

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  34. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    40% User Score Based on 3,138 reviews
    Critic Score 54%Based on 58 reviews

    Redfall is an open-world, co-op FPS from Arkane Austin, the award-winning team behind Prey and Dishonored. Continuing Arkane’s legacy of carefully crafted worlds and immersive sims, Redfall brings the studio’s signature gameplay to this story-driven action shooter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Redfall.

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    24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    24% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    A third-person, open world Survival Action sandbox with combat, looting, crafting, building, that will take you to the world after civilization crisis.Join one of the factions, build your base, explore 64sq/km. Create your own world where you can be proud loner, or create a group with your friends. The entire subsequent history of the world depends on you.World – Large realistic US themed open wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Region.

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  36. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    62% User Score Based on 1,494 reviews

    The Black Masses is an open world first-person fantasy co-op RPG. The Black Masses features our next generation of crowd rendering technology rebuilt from Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator. Explore a 16 square kilometer island populated by hundreds of thousands of possessed inhabitants. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Black Masses.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    67% User Score Based on 1,416 reviews

    Stars End is a multiplayer sci-fi survival game set hundreds of years in the future in a solar system colonized by humans. Come and join us for crafting, construction, missions and PvP on the wild frontier... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars End.

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  38. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    75% User Score Based on 3,159 reviews

    Dive into the eerie world solo, immersing yourself in a solitary and haunting experience, or team up with a friend in two-player co-op (hopefully four-player co-op in the future) and venture into the depths of uncertainty, bravely confronting the dangers of the Radius together. Will you face the darkness alone or forge an unbreakable bond with your fellow Еxplorers? In Into the Radius 2, eve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into the Radius 2.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    85% User Score Based on 4,119 reviews

    Be sure to join the OPERATOR Discord server to keep up with the latest news, squad up with fellow operators, and have fun! In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all across the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. OPERATOR aims to be the ultimate tactical shooter with total realism in mind. Featuring re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OPERATOR.

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  40. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    65% User Score Based on 455 reviews

    Built exclusively for VR, Contagion VR: Outbreak will immerse you in the middle of a zombie apocalypse! Relive the stories of multiple survivors! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Contagion VR: Outbreak.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 4,351 reviews

    DeadPoly is a polygon zombie survival looter shooter with base building and crafting. Your only goal is survival, everything else is optional. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DeadPoly.

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    32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    32% User Score Based on 1,124 reviews

    Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage. Join others online or play offline in the world of Fragmented. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fragmented.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    63% User Score Based on 245 reviews

    Road to Eden is a third-person multiplayer survival coop game, set within the post-apocalyptic ruins of a world destroyed by an alien invasion. You wake up at the side of the road with no memory and must team up with other survivors to make the long and dangerous journey to Eden. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Road to Eden.

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  44. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    71% User Score Based on 7,590 reviews

    Day of Dragons is an online creature survival sandbox PC game set in a large, beautiful, open world with multiple biomes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Day of Dragons.

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  45. 25%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    25% User Score Based on 24,579 reviews

    Kerbal Space Program 2 is a sequel to its award winning 2015 predecessor, space sim Kerbal Space Program. A game where you lead green creatures called Kerbals to space by constructing rockets of varying success rates. KSP2 is planned to bring the franchise to new frontiers, with colonies, interstellar travel, and multiplayer. As of June 28th 2024, the development studio behind it, Intercept Games… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kerbal Space Program 2.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    60% User Score Based on 2,703 reviews

    At the intersection of colliding universes, you fight for the survival of your world. Become imbued with power from Aspects and equip yourself with Factions' legendary gear in this next-gen, action-packed, third-person MOBA. Welcome to Fault: Elder Orb! Fault: Elder Orb is not like other MOBA games; Unlike the popular top-down model for MOBA's, Fault: Elder Orb is a 3rd person game, meaning you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fault: Elder Orb.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    65% User Score Based on 826 reviews

    The zombie apocalypse is a tough situation to overcome, even if it takes place in a cute pixelated universe! Try to defend your home and save people from the hordes of zombies in this new crafting survival game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zelter.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 4,496 reviews

    A zombie outbreak wiped out civilization as we know it. Hordes of zeeks gnawed their way to the top becoming the world’s apex predator. A few years later, regular humans are an endangered species, with isolated pockets struggling to survive in this new, unwelcoming world. Welcome to HumanitZ, an isometric, open-world survival game, where you can try to make a difference and put humanity back where… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HumanitZ.

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    46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    46% User Score Based on 586 reviews

    Start with nothing and build an empire. Blockscape is the ultimate block building game. You are sent to this world to start a new civilization. Explore, gather materials, craft and build. Build beds and people will move in. Give them food and they will do work for you. Fully procedurally generated worlds. Every game looks and plays different. Play the game you want. Blockscape can be played like … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blockscape.

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  50. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 580 reviews

    Welcome to a world of survival on a deserted island, characterized by an incredible wildlife and abandoned structures. Immerse yourself in a game set in a natural and post-apocalyptic environment where your primary task is to survive in KeepUp Survival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KeepUp Survival.

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