Games like Last Days

DayZ is a harsh open-world survival game set in the post-apocalyptic region of Chernarus, where up to 60 players must scavenge, cooperate, or compete to survive. With permanent death, every decision matters as you face infected and other survivors. Manage resources, build bases, and navigate a complex player-driven landscape in this unforgiving, sandbox experience.

NEO Scavenger is a post-apocalyptic survival R set in Michigan. Gameplay is turn-based, allowing you to scavenge for supplies, manage your condition, and encounter various characters. With no grinding or levels, your starting abilities and wit are your only tools in this harsh world. The game features a unique setting, including local folklore and cryptids, and a permadeath system, ensuring each decision matters.

In Hobo: Tough Life, players navigate the harsh realities of homelessness, scavenging for food and resources while avoiding threats in a sprawling city. By completing tasks and building reputation, players can access new areas, items, and opportunities. The game combines simulation elements with a gritty, hand-drawn art style for a unique and thought-provoking experience. However, it should be noted that the theme and gameplay may not appeal to all players.

In "Infectonator: Survivors," survive in a challenging, permadeath zombie apocalypse, where every decision matters. As you scavenge resources, build defenses, and manage survivors, you'll face permanent death and randomized levels, combining RTS, tower defense, roguelike, and management-simulation gameplay. With pixel art graphics, this game offers an old-school aesthetic in a difficult, unforgiving world.

In "The Wild Eight," eight plane crash survivors must work together to stay alive in a harsh Alaskan wilderness, fraught with danger and hidden secrets. Gather resources, craft tools, and evade deadly creatures while uncovering the mystery behind the crash. Play solo or with up to seven other players for a challenging and immersive experience.

State of Decay is an open-world survival horror game set in a zombie apocalypse. Manage a group of survivors, fortify your base, and explore a vast, dynamic world. Fight hordes of zombies, scavenge for supplies, and make decisions that determine your group's fate in this thrilling, immersive experience.

"P.A.M.E.L.A. is a single-player, open-world horror game set in the decaying utopian city of Eden. As a Sleeper, scavenge for resources, build and upgrade equipment, and navigate relationships with various factions to survive. Experience a dense atmosphere, stunning graphics, and a good plot, but be prepared for numerous bugs, grinding, and subpar optimization."

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox where you navigate a world overrun by hostile zombies and hostile bandits. Gather resources, explore abandoned areas, defend your base, and rebuild society alongside friends in a dynamic environment with realistic AI that senses your presence. Changing seasons and random events continually challenge your survival.

MISERY is a co-op rogue-lite survival game where you play as PMCs guarding a secret research institute in a post-apocalyptic Exclusion Zone. After a nuclear bomb warning, you must quickly reach a bunker and scavenge hazardous, procedurally generated locations daily. Face deadly traps, radiation, hostile survivors, and mutated creatures as you struggle to survive.

In How to Survive 2, players must navigate through a world overrun by a pandemic, several years after the events of the first game. With the infection now a global issue, survivors must do whatever it takes to endure while facing infected enemies. Returning players who own the previous games on Steam receive a special armor set called "Primal Fear," crafted from bones and scrap metal for improved protection.