Games like Z: The End
Games like Z: The End include Terraria, Fallout 4, 7 Days to Die, Escape From Duckov, and The Forest. We matched them by the tags players give Z: The End on Steam (Exploration, Top-Down Shooter, Sandbox, PvE, and Shooter): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Terraria
Shared: Sandbox · 2D · Exploration

Fallout 4
Shared: Exploration · Post-apocalyptic · Shooter

7 Days to Die
Shared: Exploration · Open World · Post-apocalyptic

Escape From Duckov
Shared: Top-Down Shooter · Exploration · Shooter

The Forest
Shared: Horror · Exploration · Open World

Core Keeper
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Open World

Dune: Awakening
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · PvE

DayZ
Shared: Shooter · Open World · Sandbox

Sons Of The Forest
Shared: Exploration · Open World · Horror

SurrounDead
Shared: Exploration · Post-apocalyptic · Shooter

Starbound
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · Adventure

Subnautica
Shared: Exploration · Horror · Open World

Once Human
Shared: Exploration · Open World · Action

Valheim
Shared: Exploration · Open World · Base Building

Forager
Shared: Sandbox · 2D · Pixel Graphics

V Rising
Shared: PvE · Base Building · Open World

ARK: Survival Ascended
Shared: Sandbox · Open World · Base Building

MISERY
Shared: Post-apocalyptic · Horror · PvE

Keplerth
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Open World

Sunkenland
Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Base Building

Rust
Shared: Sandbox · Open World · Shooter

Enshrouded
Shared: Exploration · Open World · Base Building

Zompiercer
Shared: Sandbox · Shooter · Base Building

ZERO Sievert
Shared: Post-apocalyptic · Top-Down · Shooter