Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Undawn (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Undawn on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Fallen Earth Free2Play, which both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival.
- Undawn is tagged Open World, Massively Multiplayer, Survival, RPG, MMORPG, Post-apocalyptic, Multiplayer, Adventure by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 8 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Fallen Earth Free2Play
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 11 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Post-apocalyptic.
Fallen Earth Classic is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Reloaded Productions and operated by Little Orbit. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located around the American Grand Canyon.
Fallen Earth Free2Play at a glance Released 2012 Studio Little Orbit Player sentiment 60% positive of 7,569 Price Free Free to PlaySurvivalPost-apocalypticZombiesMassively MultiplayerCraftingRPGShooter
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Infestation: Survivor Stories 2020
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 11 player tags including Zombies, Survival and Massively Multiplayer.
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
Infestation: Survivor Stories 2020 at a glance Released Not recorded Studio Fredaikis AB Player sentiment 42% positive of 25,385 Price Free ZombiesSurvivalMassively MultiplayerPvPRPGPost-apocalypticShooterPvE
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XERA: Survival
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 12 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Crafting; released around the same time (2021).
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…
XERA: Survival at a glance Released 2021 Studio Spotted Kiwi Interactive Player sentiment 66% positive of 7,941 Price Free Free to PlaySurvivalCraftingPost-apocalypticBuildingSandboxShooterMassively Multiplayer
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Last Oasis
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 11 player tags including Massively Multiplayer, Survival and RPG; released around the same time (2020).
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Last Oasis at a glance Released 2020 Studio Donkey Crew Player sentiment 62% positive of 24,212 Price $29.99 Massively MultiplayerSurvivalRPGCraftingBuildingPvPSandboxThird Person
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Dead Frontier 2
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic and survival; shares 10 player tags including Free to Play, Zombies and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2019).
Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.
Dead Frontier 2 at a glance Released 2019 Studio Creaky Corpse Ltd Player sentiment 70% positive of 28,382 Price Free Free to PlayZombiesThird-Person ShooterMMORPGSurvivalPvEMassively MultiplayerSandbox
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Survarium
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Post-apocalyptic.
Survarium is a post-apocalyptic online FPS game. If you are looking for a shooter where skills matter, look no further! The opposing players and deadly anomalies will never stop you on the way to victory, right? Then start playing now for free!
Survarium at a glance Released 2015 Studio Vostok Games Player sentiment 55% positive of 25,266 Price Not listed Free to PlaySurvivalPost-apocalypticShooterPvPZombiesMassively MultiplayerCrafting
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Next Day: Survival
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 10 player tags including Survival, Post-apocalyptic and Crafting.
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.
Next Day: Survival at a glance Released 2018 Studio SOFF Games Player sentiment 62% positive of 10,230 Price $9.99 SurvivalPost-apocalypticCraftingShooterRPGPvPSandboxPvE
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Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Shooter and RPG; released around the same time (2023).
Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 at a glance Released 2023 Studio Ubisoft Player sentiment 79% positive of 35,893 Price $29.99 Third-Person ShooterShooterRPGPost-apocalypticCharacter CustomizationSurvivalMassively MultiplayerPvE
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Defiance
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Massively Multiplayer and Third-Person Shooter.
Join the futuristic online open-world shooter where thousands of players scour a transformed Earth competing for alien technology.
Defiance at a glance Released 2014 Studio Trion Worlds Player sentiment 77% positive of 12,617 Price Not listed Free to PlayMassively MultiplayerThird-Person ShooterRPGShooterSurvivalPost-apocalypticMMORPG
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Dead Maze
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Zombies.
Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.
Dead Maze at a glance Released 2018 Studio Atelier 801 Player sentiment 75% positive of 4,811 Price Free Free to PlaySurvivalZombiesMassively MultiplayerPost-apocalypticMMORPGCraftingCharacter Customization
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Just Survive
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Zombies, Survival and Massively Multiplayer.
Just Survive is a post-apocalyptic survival game that immerses you in a world where humanity is fighting to take back control from the zombie hordes.
Just Survive at a glance Released 2015 Studio Daybreak Game Company Player sentiment 59% positive of 76,763 Price Not listed ZombiesSurvivalMassively MultiplayerCraftingPost-apocalypticShooterSandboxRPG
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Infestation: The New Z
Why it matched: both zombie, open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Zombies, Free to Play and Survival.
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Infestation: The New Z at a glance Released 2016 Studio Fredaikis AB Player sentiment 54% positive of 33,887 Price Free ZombiesFree to PlaySurvivalMassively MultiplayerShooterPvPRPGThird-Person Shooter
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Project Zomboid
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 7 player tags including Survival, Zombies and Sandbox.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Project Zomboid at a glance Released 2013 Studio The Indie Stone Player sentiment 94% positive of 476,732 Price $24.99 SurvivalZombiesSandboxPost-apocalypticCraftingBuildingRPG
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Anarchy: Wolf's law
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 7 player tags including Survival, Zombies and Crafting; released around the same time (2023).
Action. Chaos. Power. Anarchy: Wolf Laws is a dynamic first-person shooter with elements of RPG, survival, and strategic management. Capture territories, upgrade your production, and run your business in a world of total lawlessness.
Anarchy: Wolf's law at a glance Released 2023 Studio Anarchy Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 825 Price $9.99 SurvivalZombiesCraftingShooterPvEPvPPost-apocalyptic
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Deadside
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Survival, Post-apocalyptic and PvP; released around the same time (2024).
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Deadside at a glance Released 2024 Studio Bad Pixel Player sentiment 76% positive of 40,512 Price $24.99 SurvivalPost-apocalypticPvPThird-Person ShooterShooterCraftingMassively MultiplayerThird Person
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State of Decay
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Survival and Post-apocalyptic.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
State of Decay at a glance Released 2013 Studio Undead Labs Player sentiment 85% positive of 17,480 Price Not listed ZombiesSurvivalPost-apocalypticRPGThird PersonSandboxThird-Person Shooter
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State of Decay: YOSE
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Survival and Post-apocalyptic.
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
State of Decay: YOSE at a glance Released 2015 Studio Undead Labs Player sentiment 82% positive of 13,145 Price $19.99 ZombiesSurvivalPost-apocalypticRPGThird PersonSandboxCrafting
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DayZ
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 7 player tags including Survival, Zombies and Post-apocalyptic.
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.
DayZ at a glance Released 2018 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 78% positive of 468,392 Price $24.99 SurvivalZombiesPost-apocalypticShooterPvPMassively MultiplayerSandbox
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ARK: Survival Ascended
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Survival, Building and Crafting; released around the same time (2023).
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
ARK: Survival Ascended at a glance Released 2023 Studio Studio Wildcard Player sentiment 60% positive of 116,330 Price $11.24 SurvivalBuildingCraftingSandboxCharacter CustomizationPvEPvPMassively Multiplayer
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Will To Live Online
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Survival, Free to Play and Post-apocalyptic.
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Will To Live Online at a glance Released 2018 Studio AlphaSoft LLC Player sentiment 69% positive of 18,389 Price Free SurvivalFree to PlayPost-apocalypticMassively MultiplayerShooterMMORPGCraftingRPG
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New Frontier
Why it matched: both open world and survival; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Massively Multiplayer; released around the same time (2019).
New Frontier is a pvp free-to-play online survival game set in an alternate reality wild west world. Work with your friends, Build your base, Fight hellish monsters and forge alliances with other players to conquer the land.
New Frontier at a glance Released 2019 Studio Free Reign Entertainment Player sentiment 49% positive of 3,699 Price Not listed Free to PlaySurvivalMassively MultiplayerRPGCraftingPvPBuildingShooter
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Why it matched: both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Zombies and Post-apocalyptic; released around the same time (2020).
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Undead Labs Player sentiment 83% positive of 69,755 Price $29.99 SurvivalZombiesPost-apocalypticRPGSandboxThird Person
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Fallout 4
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Post-apocalyptic, RPG and Shooter.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Fallout 4 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 428,604 Price $19.99 Post-apocalypticRPGShooterSandboxSurvivalThird PersonThird-Person ShooterCharacter Customization
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CRSED: F.O.A.D.
Why it matched: both zombie, open world and survival; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Shooter.
CRSED: Cuisine Royale – is a brutal MMO last-man-standing shooter with realistic weaponry, elements of lethal mystic forces and incredible superpowers!
CRSED: F.O.A.D. at a glance Released 2018 Studio Darkflow Software Player sentiment 79% positive of 38,607 Price Free Free to PlaySurvivalShooterMassively MultiplayerZombiesThird-Person ShooterPvPThird Person
Common questions
What game is most like Undawn?
Fallen Earth Free2Play, on the evidence we have. It both zombie, post-apocalyptic, open world and survival. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Undawn" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Undawn. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.