Games like Just Survive
If Just Survive is your kind of game, the closest matches are Just Survival - The Zombie Awakening, DayZ and Z1 Battle Royale — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful night sky, nostalgic memories and emotional. 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 →Just Survive is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer survival game released in 2015 by Daybreak Game Company. Players navigate an open world where they must gather resources, craft tools and structures, and fend off zombie threats to survive. The core gameplay loop centers on base-building, exploration, and the tension between defensive preparation and venturing into dangerous territory. Reviewers and players describe the experience as evoking nostalgic and retro feelings, with particular appreciation for moments like the atmospheric night sky contributing to emotional engagement. The game currently holds a 56% positive rating based on over 31,000 Steam reviews. It is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Just Survive: 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.
Players who liked Just Survive also play
Steam players who put hours into Just Survive also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Just Survival - The Zombie Awakening
WHY THIS
Top pick for Just Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
Just Survival - The Zombie Awakening is a early access version of a 4 Year Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Survival Open World MMOPG. This new survival game, immerses you in a unique earth as humanity is fighting back & teaming up to Survive the Infected Zombie Hordes! Visit "about this" page for more Info.
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Just Survive.
Second-strongest match for Just Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
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.
Z1 Battle Royale
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Just Survive.
Third-strongest match for Just Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
Miscreated
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Just Survive.
Ranked #4 for Just Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
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.
Fallen Earth Classic
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Just Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Just Survive.
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.
Nether: Resurrected
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Just Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Just Survive.
Nether is a unique, first-person, multiplayer urban survival experience. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Nether forces players to make life-saving decisions in a fast-paced struggle against players and the environment. Join tribes, hold territory, scavenge, craft, trade and loot your way to stay alive.
XERA: Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Just Survive.
Ranked #7 for Just Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
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…
Infestation: The New Beginning
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Just Survive.
Ranked #8 for Just Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Just Survive.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Just Survive
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Just Survive cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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..
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Just Survive.
Reviewers of Just Survive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
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.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Just Survive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Just Survive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
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!
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Just Survive cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Kenshi
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and base building with Just Survive.
Reviewers of Just Survive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Just Survive.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Mount & Blade: Warband
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and a nostalgic mood with Just Survive.
Reviewers of Just Survive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Just Survive.
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Just Survive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
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 with Just Survive.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Just Survive.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Just Survive.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Just Survive.
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 Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Just Survive.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Daybreak Game Company
Other recommendable Steam games by Daybreak Game Company, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Z1 Battle Royale
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Just Survive.
Another title from Daybreak Game Company, the studio behind Just Survive. Shares Action and Adventure with Just Survive.
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server
WHY THIS
Another title from Daybreak Game Company, the studio behind Just Survive. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Just Survive.
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
Just Survive Test Server
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a nostalgic mood with Just Survive.
Another title from Daybreak Game Company, the studio behind Just Survive. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Just Survive.
In Just Survive, you’ll have to be cutthroat, resourceful, and alert to protect yourself from zombies, beasts, and the deadliest threat of all – your fellow humans.
PlanetSide Arena
WHY THIS
Another title from Daybreak Game Company, the studio behind Just Survive. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Just Survive.
PlanetSide Arena servers will be shutting down on January 10, 2020. Read our dev letter to learn more.
Frequently asked about Just Survive
- Does Just Survive work on Steam Deck?
- Just Survive is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Does Just Survive have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Just Survive supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Just Survive?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Just Survive are Just Survival - The Zombie Awakening, DayZ, Z1 Battle Royale.
- Who developed Just Survive?
- Just Survive was developed by Daybreak Game Company.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Just Survive.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.