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Bohemia Interactive · 2018 · 76 % positive of 430,252

24 games that play like DayZ and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Just Survive, Dead District: Survival and Unturned.

Player tags

  • Survival
  • Open World
  • Online Co-Op
  • Zombies
  • Multiplayer
  • Post-apocalyptic
  • Shooter
  • PvP

At a glance

What games like DayZ have in common

  • The tags they share most often with DayZ: Survival (24 of 24), Open World (20) and Zombies (16).
  • They came out between 2013 and 2026, 17 of them after DayZ (2018).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Project Zomboid (94 % positive of 377,063).
  • Just Survive, HumanitZ and Romero's Aftermath both play and look like DayZ.

By gameplay

Plays like DayZ

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Afterinfection59 % positive of 485Shared: Survival · Open World · Zombies
  2. Far Lands66 % positive of 162Shared: Survival · Open World · Co-op
  3. Gone: Survival42 % positive of 235Shared: Survival · Open World · Zombies
  4. 7 Days to Die88 % positive of 370,046Shared: Survival · Open World · Online Co-Op
  5. The Day Before15 % positive of 23,437Shared: Survival · Online Co-Op · Zombies
  6. Project Zomboid94 % positive of 377,063Shared: Survival · Open World · Zombies
  7. SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now56 % positive of 8,889Shared: Survival · Open World · Zombies
  8. Another Try54 % positive of 305Shared: Survival · Open World · Zombies
  9. Infestation: The New Beginning41 % positive of 25,418Shared: Survival · Open World · Zombies
  10. SurvivalZ59 % positive of 316Shared: Survival · Zombies · Multiplayer
  11. Survival Nation72 % positive of 240Shared: Survival · Open World · Zombies
  12. Romero's Aftermath48 % positive of 11,078Shared: Survival · Open World · Online Co-Op

By look

Looks like DayZ

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Last Whisper68 % positive of 164
  2. Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server52 % positive of 2,565
  3. DIRECT CONTACT31 % positive of 474
  4. ANAREA Battle Royale44 % positive of 1,812
  5. Task Force73 % positive of 409
  6. The Goatman66 % positive of 480
  7. Ozersk Protocol PVE: Founders Edition59 % positive of 452
  8. Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜54 % positive of 894
  9. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands79 % positive of 96,577
  10. '8364 % positive of 1,317
  11. Withstand: Survival68 % positive of 322
  12. Arma Reforger76 % positive of 30,623

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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