DayZ
Games Like Rust If You’re Looking for Something Similar
The world has gone to hell in a handbasket, zombies lurk around every corner, and the remaining shreds of humanity struggle to survive in whatever way they can. It’s all a bit grim, really – though it sounds a lot more pleasant if you read the title as ‘daisy.’
An open-world survival game in the same vein as Rust, DayZ places you in the fictional post-Soviet Republic country of Chernarus, where a mysterious plague has turned most of the population into mindless ghouls. Much like the morning after a particularly chaotic bender, you start out with only a road flare and a rag, and must explore the abandoned buildings in search of precious resources. Clothes are of the utmost importance, not only for warmth and comfort, but because even in the cataclysm, fashion never stops.
With all of the hazardous elements, deadly beasts and suspicious people roaming about, Rust players will feel right at home. The similarities aren’t coincidental, in fact: Facepunch Studios CEO Garry Newman has openly admitted that Rust originally started out as a DayZ clone. They simply grew tired of being mauled by zombies, and figured they’d rather get mauled by wolves instead – which is fair enough.
