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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (aka Cataclysm DDA or CataDDA) is an open source survival horror roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic and fictional New England. The games below have the most in common with it — open world, crafting, zombies — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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The 10 closest to Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
- Pause AheadPlays on askiisoft.com
A Molyjam inspired platformer from Askiisoft, which seeks to answer the question "What if the pause button was a weapon?" In common: instant replay, unreliable narrator, secret area.
- LurkersPlays here
Lurkers is a chaotic 2D multiplayer sandbox where you can build, battle, and survive! In common: crafting, zombies, open world.
- Tower of HeavenPlays on askiisoft.com
Tower of Heaven is a retro-style platformer with black and green color palette reminiscent of GameBoy games and a chiptune soundtrack. In common: unreliable narrator, original soundtrack release, deliberately retro.
- Kron Wars
Kron Wars is a persistent browser-based sci-fi MMO where players trade, mine, build corporations, wage wars, hunt bounties, and control entire sectors across… In common: death, crafting, 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate).
- Emerald WoodsPlays on slash.itch.io
A combat-less farming sandbox roguelike. In common: crafting, roguelike, open world.
- Zero-G MMOPlays here
A persistent browser MMO set in a 1:1 scale solar system built on real NASA MOLA/LOLA altimetry data, with real orbital physics. In common: 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), open world, sandbox.
- The Second FloorPlays on litrouke.itch.io
An atmospheric zombie horror. In common: post apocalyptic, zombies, freeware.
- A Dark RoomPlays here
A Dark Room is an open-source software role-playing text-based game originally published in mid 2013 for web browser by Doublespeak Games. In common: ascii, roguelike, survival.
- Talewyn HarborPlays here
Talewyn Harbor is a free-to-play multiplayer browser game set in a persistent coastal world. In common: crafting, open world, sandbox.
- StravaegerPlays here
A survival RPG with a huge open world for 1-10 players to explore, with towns full of NPCs to talk to, dungeons to delve into, and adventure to be had. In common: deliberately retro, open world, survival.
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