Games like 7 Days to Die
If 7 Days to Die is your kind of game, the closest matches are Project Zomboid, Night of the Dead and Zombie Survival Game Online — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical base defense matters, atmospheric and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →7 Days to Die is an open-world survival sandbox set in the post-apocalyptic region of Navezgane, developed by The Fun Pimps and released in 2024 at $44.99. It blends first-person action, strategy, and simulation, tasking players with surviving against zombie hordes using skill-based progression, item crafting, and base construction. The game features biome challenges, a temperature system, water collection mechanics, and zombie AI capable of destroying structures, creating layered survival demands. Players describe the atmosphere as immersive and tense, with deep survival systems that reward creativity and tactical base defense that becomes critical during nighttime zombie attacks. The title holds an 85% positive rating from over 124,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About 7 Days to Die: 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares skill based progression and a stressful mood with 7 Days to Die.
Top pick for 7 Days to Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with 7 Days to Die.
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..
Night of the Dead
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 7 Days to Die.
Second-strongest match for 7 Days to Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Zombie Survival Game Online
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 7 Days to Die.
Third-strongest match for 7 Days to Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with 7 Days to Die.
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Colony Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with 7 Days to Die.
Ranked #4 for 7 Days to Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with 7 Days to Die.
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Rising World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 7 Days to Die.
Ranked #5 for 7 Days to Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Creativerse
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Ranked #6 for 7 Days to Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 7 Days to Die.
Ranked #7 for 7 Days to Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Soulmask
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 7 Days to Die.
Ranked #8 for 7 Days to Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with 7 Days to Die.
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
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Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares skill based progression and a stressful mood with 7 Days to Die.
Reviewers of 7 Days to Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with 7 Days to Die.
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..
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with 7 Days to Die.
Reviewers of 7 Days to Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Green Hell
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with 7 Days to Die.
Reviewers of 7 Days to Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 7 Days to Die.
Reviewers of 7 Days to Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Conan Exiles
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with 7 Days to Die.
Reviewers of 7 Days to Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with 7 Days to Die.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Enshrouded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 7 Days to Die.
Reviewers of 7 Days to Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of 7 Days to Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with 7 Days to Die.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Windrose
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with 7 Days to Die.
Reviewers of 7 Days to Die cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with 7 Days to Die.
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 7 Days to Die at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with 7 Days to Die.
Priced ~78% under 7 Days to Die on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under 7 Days to Die on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with 7 Days to Die.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 7 Days to Die on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with 7 Days to Die.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under 7 Days to Die on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under 7 Days to Die on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under 7 Days to Die on Steam right now. Shares Action with 7 Days to Die.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under 7 Days to Die on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with 7 Days to Die.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
BeamNG.drive
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under 7 Days to Die on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with 7 Days to Die.
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with 7 Days to Die.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with 7 Days to Die.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with 7 Days to Die.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Hog Hunter 2021
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 7 Days to Die.
Hog hunter is a short atmospheric game about catching hogs out in the wild, be careful though not everything in the woods is safe...
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Frequently asked about 7 Days to Die
- Is 7 Days to Die verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — 7 Days to Die is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does 7 Days to Die cost?
- 7 Days to Die is listed on Steam at 44.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does 7 Days to Die have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — 7 Days to Die supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to 7 Days to Die?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 7 Days to Die are Project Zomboid, Night of the Dead, Zombie Survival Game Online.
- Who developed 7 Days to Die?
- 7 Days to Die was developed by The Fun Pimps and published by The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC.
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