7 Days to Die similar games & best alternatives

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7 Days to Die

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One • 2024

Should you play it?

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!

What works

  • High player freedom and creativity
  • Deep survival and crafting systems
  • Strong cooperative multiplayer
  • Frequent updates and active development
  • Large, explorable open world

Things to keep in mind

  • Long early access period with bugs
  • Performance and optimization issues
  • Minimal narrative or story
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Some repetitive gameplay elements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Rem Survival

  • MISERY

  • State of Decay: YOSE

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Into the Radius 2

  • REMNANT II®

More story-driven

Games that feels like 7 Days to Die but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Voidtrain

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • Sker Ritual

Less intimate

Games that feels like 7 Days to Die but with less focus on close relationships

  • Human Host

  • Borderlands 3

  • RuneScape: Dragonwilds

  • Serious Sam 4

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Dying Light

More competitive

Games that feels like 7 Days to Die but with more competition against others

  • Rust

  • STALZONE

  • Chivalry 2

  • Hunt: Showdown 1896

  • SCUM

  • Military Conflict: Vietnam

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with 7 Days to Die. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with 7 Days to Die. These titles are not in What to play next.

7 Days to Die: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026