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Looking for games like Dead Survival? Here are top open world role playing shooter recommendations with a post-apocalyptic focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Lifeless, Afterinfection or SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now.

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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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  2. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    58% User Score Based on 289 reviews

    What is AfterinfectionAfterInfection combines core elements of classic survival games to create the perfect immersive survival experience for all players. Spawn with nothing and make your way across a large island scavenging for supplies, weapons, and building materials. Pick your fights against other survivors or zombies you encounter then progress in the game to building your own shelter and rai… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterinfection.

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  4. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 4,139 reviews

    The Front takes place in a post-apocalyptic sandbox world populated by mutants and hostile factions. On this war-torn land, players will engage tyrannical imperial forces, exiles, thugs, and rebels in an epic battle that will determine the fate of humanity. Team up with your friends, explore ruins and enemy areas, craft weapons and equipment, build bases and defend them with tower defense-style tr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Front.

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  5. 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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  6. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    53% User Score Based on 4,408 reviews

    Savage Lands is a challenging Indie based fantasy survival sandbox experience that takes players on an adventure across a world ravaged by years of war between man and Dragon kind. Players must conquer an ominous and vast open world where every decision counts: craft/loot powerful weapons and armor, explore hostile landscapes and dark dungeons, fight fiendish creatures, gather resources, and build… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Savage Lands.

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  7. 35%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    35% User Score Based on 1,808 reviews

    The Skies is a unique combination of post-apocalyptic MMORPG and FPS with a non-linear storyline, in which you follow your own path or join other players to conquer the wasteland. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Skies.

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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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  10. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 1,384 reviews

    This game is a work in progress. It may or may not change over time or release as a final product. Purchase only if you are comfortable with the current state of the unfinished game. Welcome to DUCKSIDE, a persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building, and hat-wearing ducks, wielding weapons in a vast and hostile open world. Take flight across a vast island filled with d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DUCKSIDE.

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  11. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    53% User Score Based on 7,427 reviews

    Survarium is a post apocalyptic Free to play FPS game, currently in steam early access. In its current state, Survarium offers three playable competitive gamemodes in a FPS style. With interesting map design, character progression and balanced pay to win methods, Survarium is proving to be a hit. The Survarium development team is also releasing an open world gamemode which just like Dayz, requires… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survarium.

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  12. 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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  13. 29%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    29% User Score Based on 138 reviews

    Survival: Lost Way - is a sandbox game survival in an open post-apocalyptic world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survival: Lost Way.

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    40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    40% User Score Based on 1,115 reviews

    42 Players Start. Only 1 will survive. Down to One is a competitive survival shooter in a large, interactive, open-world environment. Start out with nothing, and use anything you can find in the environment to survive, and eliminate other competitors over the course of a brutal round. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Down To One.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    70% User Score Based on 7,408 reviews

    Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subsistence.

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  16. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    68% User Score Based on 3,939 reviews

    Create your own voxel based world with the PixARK Dev Kit! Integrated with the Steam workshop for distribution, bring your modifications to life with our Dev Kit! PixARK is a mix of creature taming with elements of magic and firearms combat. We've also left some surprises in there for the ARK franchise enthusiast! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PixARK.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    81% User Score Based on 9,415 reviews

    Roadmap About the Game MISERY is a co-op rogue-lite survival game.You play as PMCs guarding a secret research institute in the Republic of Zaslavie. The Scientific Institute for Research of the Zaslavie Exclusion Zone (SIRZEZ) was built before the war to study anomalies and artifacts. Over time, these artifacts became the cause of conflict between international military blocs. Neither side … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MISERY.

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  18. View Game
    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    74% User Score Based on 21,673 reviews

    Bodycam is the first ultra-realistic multiplayer FPS that was designed to push the limits of photorealism, delivering a true body-camera view that immerses players in the intensity of authentic combat. See combat through the lens. You step in with a body-camera view. Close-quarters firefights hit raw and loud. Every angle you hold, every callout you make, every bullet you send matters. Miss a che… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bodycam.

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  19. 19%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, graphics
    19% User Score Based on 617 reviews

    A rogue-lite that aims to quench the community’s thirst for a title that properly balances survival mechanics with fulfilling gameplay. Dead Matter is a true sandbox survival horror. Players will fight to survive in a zombie-packed, post-apocalyptic world that fosters whichever play-style fits you best. Settle down and defend your home from outside threats with an expansive crafting and barricadi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Matter.

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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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    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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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    54% User Score Based on 206 reviews

    In The Warhorn you will get to play as an adventurer, who decides to leave his homeland to start a life he dreamed of. The world is full of puzzles, stories, enemies and traps. You will learn how to fight, build, steal, hunt and use magic runes. You can build a village and develop it into a great kingdom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Warhorn.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    86% User Score Based on 4,664 reviews

    Clownfield 2042 is an FPS where you take a role of unique soldier, equipped with six weapons that has to fight enemy and win the front. After 2022 cryptocrash caused by NFT's, majority of nations collapsed and a union of "No-Clowns" has been formed. You are one of them, arm up and get ready for war If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clownfield 2042.

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  24. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    78% User Score Based on 768 reviews

    Remnants is a first-person open world survival sandbox featuring, solo, co-op, PvE and PvP gameplay. Tackle starvation, dehydration, thermal conditions, radiation poisoning, and toxic gas inhalation while trying to keep your sanity intact. Shack up, cook some chicken, and make friends or enemies as you discover, explore, learn, build, and develop your skills and strategies needed to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remnants.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 748 reviews

    Become the Dragon Step into the scales of a mighty dragon and claim the skies, land, or sea as your own. Choose from a variety of species, each with its own perks and specializations. Customize Your Dragon Make your character stand out by giving it a unique name, custom colors, and even custom body parts such as horns, tail tips, and claws. Choose from a growing list of customization options to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Draconia.

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  26. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 205,833 reviews
    Critic Score 20%Based on 3 reviews

    How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DayZ.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, atmosphere
    50% User Score Based on 92 reviews

    Crushed — is an open world multiplayer survival game. Engage in farming, craft items, build a base and explore the world. And remember: the goal is to survive! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crushed.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    71% User Score Based on 336 reviews

    QANGA - Now Available in Early Access! Please Note: QANGA is an Early Access game, actively being developed by a small independent team. By choosing to purchase QANGA now, you are directly supporting its development and contributing to the ongoing improvement of the game. Expect to encounter bugs and see some features still in progress. Your support and feedback are crucial in helping us create… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to QANGA.

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  29. 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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  30. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    58% User Score Based on 184 reviews

    FIND HMUR! About the Game Dead District is an open-world survival sandbox where every decision matters. You start on a hostile island full of threats: wild animals, deadly traps, the infected and desperate survivors. Your goal is simple — stay alive. Build your shelter, craft weapons and tools, cultivate food, and explore the island alone or together with friends. Four unique characters ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead District: Survival.

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  31. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    59% User Score Based on 6,207 reviews

    Next Day is a multi-player Survival game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Next Day: Survival.

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    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    36% User Score Based on 394 reviews

    Rokh is a futuristic survival game, deeply rooted in scientific and realistic anticipation, where players will have to work together to overcome the numerous threats they will have to face on planet Mars. Playing on persistent servers, you will experience a truly sandbox experience. No mission or quest here, define your own goals according to your own needs! And to succeed, find your own way to p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROKH.

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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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  35. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    58% User Score Based on 770 reviews

    Journey of Life is a survival game set on an exotic island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Overburdened with everyday responsibilities, you decide to go live in nature and build your own society. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Journey Of Life.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    65% User Score Based on 2,387 reviews

    Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal Xoids. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to XERA: Survival.

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  37. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    64% User Score Based on 3,024 reviews

    Live as your favourite african animal, choose between being a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, predator or prey. In this multiplayer ecosystem, with a realistic open world, choose to become a lion, a elephant or even a swift gazelle! But remember, the savannahs law is to survive at any cost! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Animalia Survival.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    61% User Score Based on 1,774 reviews

    Beached is a completely free to play experience, where your only goal is to SURVIVE. You must take on these challenges on by defending your base, scavenging various POI's (point of interests) around the map. Fight off animals, other players... and a strange force that lays in the sea... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BEACHED.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics
    48% User Score Based on 154 reviews

    Before you opens a large open world with many mysteries and secrets. To survive in this dangerous world you need to collect food, water, medicines, equipment and weapons, as well as grow plants. You will have the opportunity to complete tasks in order to earn experience and discover new items for crafting. Kill zombies and clear locations. Grab, Fight, Survive Build your shelters, creating a saf… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gone: Survival.

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  40. 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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    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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  42. 28%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    28% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems. Explore an open sandbox environment which, depending on your intention, could have or could not… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Better Late Than DEAD.

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  43. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    58% User Score Based on 7,504 reviews

    Stay Out, also known as Stalker Online, is a MMOTPS inspired by the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series of games and the novel "Roadside Picnic." Discover a world full of dangers and incredible events, which has its own laws and principles. Become one of the “Stalkers” - people living the romance of the unknown, able to overcome any trials in search of artifacts on the territory of the Alienation Zone. Take a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stay Out.

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  44. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 18,294 reviews

    Deadside is a hardcore multiplayer shooter with large open world and wide gameplay possibilities. Deadside gets you into realistic game environment full of hopelessness and despair. It tries to keep balance between the dynamics of the shooter and the hardcoreness of “survival” gameplay. The world of the game does not imply the existence of fantastic elements like zombies or anomalies, concentratin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadside.

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  45. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    49% User Score Based on 168 reviews

    JOIN OFFICIAL DISCORD SERVER! About the GameEARLY ACCESS IS NOT FOR EVERYONEBefore you decide to buy the game, we encourage you to be absolutely sure you want to play and support this game in its current state, as the kinks and bugs are still being worked out and not all features are complete. Your positive feedback is crucial for improvement. BRAVE NEW WORLD After the Event, evacuations … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project L33T: Prologue.

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  46. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    64% User Score Based on 532 reviews

    <Scavenge, Fight, Escape> The Midnight Walkers is a hardcore PvPvE FPS zombie extraction game. You can play in solo or trios mode. You must scavenge for loot to get gear, kill zombies and other survivors, and escape. If you successfully escape,  you can craft with materials and buy/sell more powerful equipment,  but if you die, you will lose everything you had. <Liberty Grand Center… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Midnight Walkers.

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  47. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 20,680 reviews

    Become a space pirate and work solo, or in a squad of up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, survive intense combat encounters with other teams and AI opponents for invaluable loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marauders.

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  48. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    55% User Score Based on 1,329 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. The storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make a shelter. These are the basics, you will need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build and burn, sail and explore, stay out of reach! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out of Reach.

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  49. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    50% User Score Based on 2,036 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    World War II Online recreates the brutal war in Western Europe in a zone-less 300,000 SQ KM game world! Free-to-play, MMOFPS, true combined arms action, with over 100 historically accurate weapons and vehicles, 10 personas, and much more! Do you think you have what it takes? Enlist Now! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WWII Online.

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  50. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    53% User Score Based on 130 reviews

    Another Try is a classic survival in a low poly world. Explore the world alone or with friends. Build houses and protect them from external threats. Collect resources, weapons and food. Create alliances with other players and form cities. All this will help you survive in the harsh world of the post-Apocalypse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Another Try.

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