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Games like Mini DayZ
Browser games that play like Mini DayZ, closest match first. Lime means it runs right here.

It is you against the world in Mini DAYZ: explore a randomly generated map and scavenge for food, ammo and supplies. The games below have the most in common with it — deliberately retro, freeware, survival — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
Top picks
The 10 closest to Mini DayZ
- Cataclysm: Dark Days AheadPlays here
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. In common: deliberately retro, freeware, survival.
- JanuaryPlays on ifdb.org
January is a dynamic fiction novel detailing one year in the life of a man after the apocalypse. In common: survival horror, freeware, survival.
- Fathers FarmPlays on dustykettle.itch.io
Fathers Farm is a short, ultra-retro, psychological horror/horror game made in one week for the Scream Jam 2025 where you play as a young man returning home… In common: deliberately retro, pixel art, horror.
- ZomVoxPlays here
ZomVox is a free browser voxel zombie FPS built around quick survival hunts and mission-based island drops. In common: zombie survival, survival, horror.
- The Border Lands
The Border Lands is a 2D top-down browser version of the popular console game Borderlands 2. In common: deliberately retro, demake, freeware.
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 1989Plays on urukhai.itch.io
A Contra inspired run n' gun that demakes the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In common: deliberately retro, demake, pixel art.
- 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: deliberately retro, freeware, pixel art.
- 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: deliberately retro, freeware, pixel art.
- Yume NikkiPlays here
Yume Nikki is a 32-Bit freeware game created by Kikiyama, a Japanese solo game designer. In common: freeware, pixel art, horror.
- Road of the DeadPlays here
Escape the quarantined city by driving through a highway filled with ravenous undead, carnage and chaos while the military tries to stop you! In common: zombie survival, survival, horror.
All matches
Every game like Mini DayZ
PlayableCataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Zombies · 2013
PlayableJanuary
Zombies · 2022
PlayableFathers Farm
Retro · 2025
PlayableZomVox
Zombies · 2026

The Border Lands
Post Apocalyptic · 2012
PlayableS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 1989
2D · 2021
PlayableTower of Heaven
Retro · 2010
PlayablePause Ahead
Death · 2013
PlayableYume Nikki
Ghosts · 2016
PlayableRoad of the Dead
Driving · 2010
PlayableEarly accessCan You Escape Heartbreak? A Zodiac Story
Bullet Hell · 2018
PlayableSlender: The 8 Pages
Homebrew · 2021
PlayableThe Second Floor
Zombies · 2017
PlayableLittle Red Riding Hood
Newgrounds · 2024
PlayableRapunzel
Drugs · 2025
PlayableThe Shadow Ritual
Retro · 2025
PlayableStravaeger
Retro
PlayableDeets
Roguelike · 2025
PlayableJulia Was Alone
Retro · 2024
PlayableEarly accessThat Time My School Was Invaded by Dimensional Snakes and Now I'm Bound to a Multiverse Protector!
Psychological Horror · 2026

Boomy the Cat
Parody · 2016
PlayableSlender: The Eight Pages - Tiger Electronic Version
Demake · 2014
PlayableCobb Can Move
2D · 2025
PlayableInfierno Rubí
Post Apocalyptic · 2023
PlayableAbobo's Big Adventure
Anime · 2012
PlayableA Game with a Kitty 3
Metroidvania · 2013
PlayableLCD, Please
Monochrome · 2023
PlayableJogo Satanista para Praticar o Mal
Interactive Fiction · 2021
PlayableScience Kombat
Evolution · 2016
PlayableAnother World
Demake · 2021
PlayableSquid Game: Game Boy Demake
Homebrew · 2025
PlayableYume Nikki GB
Psychological Horror · 2022

Mr Henry and his Magical Hat
Freeware · 2016

Platdude in Swamp Golf
Golf · 2014

Just an Ordinary Bike Ride
Exploration · 2026