Games like 7 Days to Die
If you like 7 Days to Die (survival, zombies and building), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Grounded
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more story
When you want survival with friends, with an adventurous tone and 90s-film humour.
Valheim
- In common: long sessions and building
When you have a long afternoon, ideally with friends: building the village together is one of the most satisfying things in the genre.
V Rising
- In common: long sessions and progression
When you have friends to play with and plenty of evenings ahead to hunt bosses and build a castle together.
Project Zomboid
- In common: long sessions and co-op
- Difference: more management
When you have hours and want the most complete, tense survival simulation.
Palworld
- In common: long sessions and progression
When you want a long afternoon of exploring, capturing creatures and watching your base grow, ideally with friends.
Raft
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: less action
When you want relaxed survival with friends, in afternoons of expanding the raft and exploring islands.
Don't Starve Together
- In common: long sessions and co-op
When you have friends and an afternoon ahead to survive together in a world that wants you dead.
Core Keeper
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more relaxed
When you want an exploration and building adventure at your own pace, ideally with friends.
Necesse
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more relaxed
When you want a long playthrough, solo or with friends, beating bosses one by one while your village grows.
Terraria
- In common: long sessions and building
When you want a game for many sessions that mixes exploration, building and combat at your own pace.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About 7 Days to Die
First-person zombie survival in a destructible open world: by day you scavenge, mine and craft from over 500 recipes, and every seventh night the blood moon rises, bringing a horde that attacks whatever fort you've built.
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