Rank 01Why this
Shares day night cycle and resource management with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Verified
- 2014
Games like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
- 25 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked How To Survive: Third Person Standalone also play
The closest matches to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone: How to Survive, How to Survive 2, The Escapists: The Walking Dead, The Forest, and Zombie Army Trilogy. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Open World Survival Craft and Zombies, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Playable
- 2016
Rank 03Why this
Shares crafting with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- $17.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2015
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The Forest
Why this: Shares resource management with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Zombies, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1How to Survive
Shares day night cycle and resource management with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 77% of 4,613 reviews
- 2How to Survive 2
Also Open World Survival Craft and Zombies, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 66% of 1,936 reviews
- 3The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Shares crafting with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 56% of 336 reviews
- 4The Forest
Shares resource management with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 95% of 175,474 reviews
- 5Zombie Army Trilogy
Also Third-Person Shooter and Zombies, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 85% of 5,051 reviews
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- 9Don't Starve
Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 96% of 32,871 reviews
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- 11DeadPoly
Shares day night cycle and crafting with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 79% of 3,869 reviews
- 12State of Decay: YOSE
Also Zombies and Crafting, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 78% of 4,568 reviews
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- 15Valheim
Shares crafting and resource management with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
- 94% of 558,366 reviews
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Eko Software
- Price: $1.99−80%checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 53% of 379 reviews
- Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Crafting over 100 survival tools
- Day night cycle forces meticulous preparation
- Kovolsky handbook provides darkly humorous survival tips
- Atmospheric
- Stressful
- Tense
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Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Walking Zombie 2
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Zombies, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
死寂（Deathly Stillness）
Why this: Shares resource management with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Unturned
Why this: Also Zombies and Crafting, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Third-Person Shooter, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
SAS: Zombie Assault 4
Why this: Also Zombies and Gore, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
CHKN
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
How to Survive
Why this: Shares day night cycle and resource management with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Why this: Shares crafting with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Zombie Army Trilogy
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Zombies, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Project Zomboid
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Zombies, like How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
More from Eko Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Eko Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dragonkin: The Banished
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
Welcome to ParadiZe
Why this: Shares crafting and resource management with How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.
About How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
The closest matches to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone: How to Survive, How to Survive 2, The Escapists: The Walking Dead, The Forest, and Zombie Army Trilogy. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If How To Survive: Third Person Standalone is your kind of game, the closest matches are How to Survive, How to Survive 2 and The Escapists: The Walking Dead — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, stressful and tense, and single out its crafting and day night cycle. 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.
About How To Survive: Third Person Standalone: Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.
Is How To Survive: Third Person Standalone worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 52% of 379 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 5 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Crafting over 100 survival tools
- Day night cycle forces meticulous preparation
- Kovolsky handbook provides darkly humorous survival tips
- Third person perspective changes core experience
People who play it also play: How to Survive, How to Survive 2, The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Frequently asked about How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
Can I run it?
Does How To Survive: Third Person Standalone run on Steam Deck?
How To Survive: Third Person Standalone is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does How To Survive: Third Person Standalone cost?
How To Survive: Third Person Standalone is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside How To Survive: Third Person Standalone are How to Survive, How to Survive 2, The Escapists: The Walking Dead.
Who developed How To Survive: Third Person Standalone?
How To Survive: Third Person Standalone was developed by Eko Software and published by 505 Games.