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Games like Stay Alive: Apocalypse

If Stay Alive: Apocalypse is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zector 7, Sandbox Apocalypse and Broken World — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cooking requires measured ingredients, every house is explorable and atmospheric. 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.

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About Stay Alive: Apocalypse: You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.

2018IndieSimulationRPGEarly Access24.99 USDWindowsby Mehan Games
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Players who liked Stay Alive: Apocalypse also play

Steam players who put hours into Stay Alive: Apocalypse 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.

  1. Zector 7

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Stay Alive: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Sandbox Apocalypse

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Stay Alive: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.

    2024ActionAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Broken World

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Stay Alive: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    "Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sustained

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Stay Alive: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    This is a open world Survival Zombie game with survival mechanics in single player and (PVP) (PVE) in Multiplayer or Co-Op. Join a few friends and look who can survive the island full of zombies and other players trying to survive like you, it has base building, Crafting, food, water, Temperatures.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. ZED ZONE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Ranked #5 for Stay Alive: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation8.39 USDSteam ↗
  6. Chernobylite Complete Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Stay Alive: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. LifeZ - Survival

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Ranked #7 for Stay Alive: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.

    2018ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Project Zomboid

    WHY THIS

    Shares skill based progression and a stressful mood with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Ranked #8 for Stay Alive: Apocalypse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    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..

    2013IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Stay Alive: Apocalypse

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.

  1. Project Zomboid

    WHY THIS

    Shares skill based progression and a stressful mood with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Reviewers of Stay Alive: Apocalypse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    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..

    2013IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fort Zombie

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Stay Alive: Apocalypse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    In Fort Zombie, players are trapped in the small town of Piety, Indiana. Organize and build a defense shelter from an impending wave of undead. Choose a building to be your Fort and forage for Food, Weapons, Supplies and People.

    2018ActionIndieRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Reviewers of Stay Alive: Apocalypse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.

    2023AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stay Alive: Apocalypse at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Stay Alive: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Stay Alive: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Stay Alive: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Stay Alive: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Stay Alive: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Stay Alive: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Stay Alive: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Stay Alive: Apocalypse on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Stay Alive: Apocalypse

How much does Stay Alive: Apocalypse cost?
Stay Alive: Apocalypse is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Stay Alive: Apocalypse?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stay Alive: Apocalypse are Zector 7, Sandbox Apocalypse, Broken World.
Who developed Stay Alive: Apocalypse?
Stay Alive: Apocalypse was developed by Mehan Games.

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 Stay Alive: Apocalypse.

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