Games Like Dead Pixels

Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!

Why similar: Zombies 46.5%, Local Co-Op 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Survival 6.7%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the pixelated zombie survival road-trip experience with deep RPG mechanics and local co-op.

Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn is a challenging, fast paced, 2D survival shooter! Featuring a compelling single player survival mode and cooperative multiplayer for up-to four players, this is one zombie firefight you're not going to want to miss!

Why similar: Zombies 67.9%, Action 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Indie 5.7%, 2D 5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D, pixel-art action game that mirrors the fast-paced, arcade-style zombie survival gameplay of the seed game.

Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.

Why similar: Zombies 66.4%, Retro 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Survival 4.8%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar retro aesthetic and focuses heavily on the resource management and survival aspects of a zombie apocalypse.

Can you survive the horror? … a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a zombie-infested world by recruiting companions, upgrading weaponry and fortifying your position.

Why similar: Zombies 60.9%, Action 10.7%, Survival 8.6%, Indie 7.1%, Side Scroller 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-survival game where you defend against waves of zombies using various weapons and character upgrades.

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Why similar: Zombies 32.8%, Local Co-Op 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Retro 7.9%, Co-op 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D, pixel-art tactical action game that offers the same satisfying side-scrolling combat and cooperative play.

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 60.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Survival 10.6%, Indie 4.4%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct pixel-art style and focuses on the strategic survival and management of a group of survivors.

Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.

Why similar: Zombies 64.8%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Survival 10.4%, Indie 3.8%, Action 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines the iconic pixel-art style with strategic survival and crafting elements set in a zombie-infested world.

Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

Why similar: Zombies 68.8%, Survival 11.2%, Action 8.6%, Indie 6.8%, Multiplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical management of a group of survivors in a zombie-infested world with a strong emphasis on scavenging.

Create your character and survive wave after wave of zombies! Gain exp, level up and unlock new skills. Acquire over 20 Weapons with different rarities.

Why similar: Zombies 55.4%, Action 13.8%, RPG 9.7%, Indie 9.3%, Side Scroller 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-RPG that leans heavily into the zombie survival theme with character progression and exploration.

Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

Why similar: Zombies 67.9%, Local Co-Op 11.3%, Action 6.7%, Survival 5%, Co-op 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: An intense action game focused on surviving massive waves of zombies with arcade-style progression.

Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 40.5%, Local Co-Op 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Co-op 7.5%, Survival 7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action game that focuses on cooperative survival and managing massive zombie crowds.

Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.

Why similar: Zombies 93.6%, Survival 2%, Co-op 1.4%, Local Co-Op 0.9%, Action 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes base building and cooperative defense against endless zombie hordes.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%, Co-op 12.6%, Action 9.4%, RPG 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more chaotic, this pixel-art RPG offers deep character customization and action-packed survival gameplay.

IRON CRYPTICLE is an arcade twin-stick dungeon shooter with RPG elements for 1 to 4 players LOCAL CO-OP! A mysterious, malevolent force has abducted Cryptonia’s princess – along with the king’s royal golden treasures (shaped curiously like large foodstuffs...). Kingsguard to the rescue!

Why similar: Zombies 32.4%, Local Co-Op 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Action 9.3%, Retro 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, pixel-art action game that shares the retro feel and local co-op focus of the seed game.

Post soviet zombies - is an action shooter with a top view, in which you have to get out of the virus infected post-Soviet city for one of the four unique characters. On the way you will meet a variety of zombies, military, marauders and people who need your help in 1993.

Why similar: Zombies 59%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Action 11.2%, Indie 8%, 2D 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action game that captures the gritty, low-fidelity aesthetic and survival-focused zombie combat.

Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 45.3%, Action 20.8%, Indie 12.9%, 2D 8.3%, Gore 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane 2D action game that shares the gritty, pixelated aesthetic and intense combat feel.

Frenetic arcade style twin-stick shooter. Fight your way through hordes of enemies alone or with a friend!

Why similar: Zombies 38.7%, Pixel Graphics 24.5%, Action 18.4%, Indie 10.6%, RPG 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An action-packed, pixel-art game that features RPG elements and intense combat against waves of enemies.

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Action 11.1%, Co-op 10.2%, Indie 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D pixel-art action roguelike that emphasizes survival, character progression, and intense combat against hordes.

You and up to three friends fight to survive the Zombie outbreak in this game inspired by early '80s horror films!

Why similar: Zombies 85.1%, Action 11.4%, Co-op 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, zombie-themed strategy game that focuses on survival and resource management.

This is the world after a zombie apocalypse in which the main characters have to go through many perils. It is a story about ordinary people who, when faced with danger, decided not to run away from it, but to fight back. As the story goes along, you will learn what caused the disaster and help other survivors to overcome its aftermath.

Why similar: Zombies 68%, Action 10%, Co-op 9.4%, RPG 5.4%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features RPG-style character progression and action-heavy combat in a post-apocalyptic zombie setting.

Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.

Why similar: Zombies 47.2%, Local Co-Op 21.9%, Survival 9.6%, Co-op 8.9%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, co-op survival shooter that captures the frantic energy of fighting off endless zombie waves.

Dead Sky takes place admist the chaos of a mysterious outbreak where you will fight tooth-and-nail through hordes of undead creatures in order to escape the epidemic and survive. At its core, Dead Sky is an action-packed survival shooter that ties in several strategic tower defense elements.

Why similar: Zombies 72.2%, Action 15.9%, Indie 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action game that focuses on top-down zombie combat and survival mechanics.

Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.

Why similar: Zombies 57%, Co-op 10.6%, Survival 9.8%, Action 8.4%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it provides a similar focus on zombie-themed action, RPG progression, and cooperative gameplay.

As a survivor of the mutant virus, make your way through the city and wipe out the hordes of flesh eating mutants. Teamwork is the key to survive the DEAD HORDE...

Why similar: Zombies 77.5%, Action 10%, Indie 5.9%, Survival 5.5%, Multiplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward action game that focuses on surviving waves of zombies with cooperative play.

Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 49.6%, Action 13.8%, Indie 11.1%, RPG 10.6%, Survival 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that incorporates strategy and survival elements within a zombie-infested environment.

Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city.

Why similar: Zombies 63.7%, Survival 16.7%, Action 11.7%, Co-op 6%, Multiplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style survival game that focuses on base building and crafting to survive zombie threats.

Step into the sturdy boots of McJagger and take on an army of the undead!

Why similar: Zombies 68.3%, Action 18.7%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style action game that emphasizes high scores and survival against zombie waves.

The human race is in danger again. This time scientists could not cope the imminent threat and became monsters themselves. Crowds of zombie people filled the secret research base. The dreadful contagion is about to spread earth wide. Use the last chance to save the humanity from total annihilation!

Why similar: Zombies 66.9%, Action 7.7%, Survival 6.6%, Gore 4.4%, RPG 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic action-RPG that focuses on visceral combat against massive hordes of zombies.

A cross-platform, cooperative, multiplayer, zombie death-fest. Slaughter your way through many different maps, game modes and enemies - With tons of weapons and customization options!

Why similar: Zombies 60.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Action 11.1%, Indie 7.2%, RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game with RPG elements that focuses on grinding through hordes of zombies.

The Walking Zombie is a stationary FPS with an online co-op mode in a world full of zombies to kill. Buy and upgrade your weapons, kill all enemies in 200 levels and destroy mighty boss monsters before they eat you alive!

Why similar: Zombies 56.8%, Co-op 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Action 8.5%, Survival 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a blend of action and cooperative play with a focus on surviving against zombie hordes.

It's the zombie apocalypse, but you can't miss a work day! Scavenge for weapons, survive... and don't forget to restock the toner cartridges over at accounting. This humorous top-down shooter has you working your way up the corporate ladder, all the way to the rescue helicopter on the rooftop.

Why similar: Zombies 50.5%, Local Co-Op 29.5%, Action 6.1%, Co-op 3.5%, Local Multiplayer 3.2%

Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!

Why similar: Zombies 72%, Action 9%, Survival 7.5%, Indie 3.5%, Gore 2.3%

"We are food, but not for long." The Zombie apocalypse has come, and your squad is the last line of defense. Command a Special Forces unit with high-tech weaponry in this mission-based FPS with sprawling indoor and outdoor environments.

Why similar: Zombies 60.3%, Action 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%

Collect crazy power-ups, upgrade your weapons into tools of destruction, and escape from the robotic zombie horde - alone, or with friends.

Why similar: Zombies 55.9%, Retro 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Action 4.2%, Co-op 3.9%

Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead

Why similar: Zombies 57.7%, Indie 14.1%, Action 9.1%, RPG 5.8%, Survival 5.1%

Team up with up to 4 players and take on endless waves of Nasty Zombies in a high-intensity, movement-focused boomer shooter. Use agility and smart positioning to survive semi-procedural maps and unlock permanent upgrades like Blessings, Miracles, and cosmetics.

Why similar: Zombies 55.9%, Retro 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Action 9.7%, Procedural Generation 4%

A small American town is overrun by the living dead! You manage to enter the town just before the military locks it down and now you must slice and shoot your way through thousands of zombies in order complete your mission in this action-packed Hack & Slash RPG.

Why similar: Zombies 55.9%, Action 18.7%, RPG 13.8%, Indie 11.6%

Help Special Forces operative Della retrieve the Bio-waste containers that are causing the zombie outbreak. Grenade, shotgun, snipe and flame your way through the zombie horde and then evacuate in the helicopter.

Why similar: Zombies 54.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Action 12.3%, Survival 9.2%, Indie 4.1%

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Zombies 60.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Survival 10.2%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.2%

Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.

Why similar: Zombies 68.3%, Co-op 8.4%, Survival 6.4%, Action 5.5%, Multiplayer 3%

Just choose a character to the liking, get experience to develop skills, earn money and spend it at weapons, medications and useful devices. All of this will be used against thousands of enemies. The zombies fill the game screen, never letting you rest, even for a minute.

Why similar: Zombies 74.1%, Action 10.1%, Indie 5.5%, RPG 5.3%, Gore 3.2%

The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.

Why similar: Zombies 67.2%, Action 9.6%, Survival 8.3%, Indie 6%, Co-op 5.6%

2D top-down multi co-op action game. Survive the zombies together with a stranger.

Why similar: Zombies 53.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Co-op 8.9%, Action 6%, 2D 5.1%

Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world.Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim.

Why similar: Zombies 44.3%, Action 22.3%, Indie 14%, Co-op 11%, Gore 6.6%

a classic arcade shooter game. You can play with up to 4 people locally, or using Steam Remote play.

Why similar: Zombies 44.9%, Local Co-Op 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Survival 8.6%, Local Multiplayer 6.4%

You are a mysterious wanderer traveling through the wilderness of the wild west. In cities and towns, people began to disappear, as in many cities the population became infected with a virus which turns people into zombies, and it is rumored that people from the government are behind this.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.7%, Retro 19.8%, Action 14.6%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 8.1%

Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Retro 13.3%, Action 11.4%, Indie 10.9%

Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?

Why similar: Zombies 66.3%, Action 10.8%, Survival 8.3%, Co-op 7.6%, Gore 2.7%

Zombieville USA 3D is a stylized arcade shooter combining retro gameplay with strikingly polished visuals. Fight through an endless undead horde in the bleak hellscape of suburbia! Choose your weapons, grab a friend, and see how long you can survive.

Why similar: Zombies 71.9%, Co-op 13.7%, Action 10.3%, Shooter 3.3%, Casual 0.7%

Don't Bite Me Bro! is a 1-4 Player Couch Co-op open-world zombie apocalypse game. Explore the world for resources, find and save survivors throughout the world, each which become playable characters with unique traits and abilities.

Why similar: Zombies 57.5%, Survival 10.2%, Action 8.7%, Indie 5.6%, RPG 5.3%

Blood, guts, meat. Humanity's waging total war against a horrific zombie apocalypse. Lead one of four of humanity's deadliest survivors against the horde in this first person, wave defense shooter. Load up your guns, set up turrets, sharpen your skills, and maybe you'll make it through the night.

Why similar: Zombies 61.2%, Survival 12.5%, Co-op 12.5%, Action 7.2%, Multiplayer 3.2%

Battle through Zombie Apocalypse horror! Which is better - shotgun, pistol or AK-47? Blast their rotten, infected brains out and choose your favorite! Scavenge weapons and armor to pimp out your souped up zombie slaying car - then plow down the man-eating hordes to Escape the Undead City, and try not to get your guts torn out!!!

Why similar: Zombies 77.9%, Action 12.8%, Indie 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%

A wave based FPS where you defend a barricaded house against increasing hordes of the dead.

Why similar: Zombies 53%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Action 13.7%, Retro 9.8%, Shooter 4.3%

Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

Why similar: Zombies 54.9%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Survival 7.9%, Co-op 6.8%, Action 4.7%

Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

Why similar: Zombies 54.3%, Survival 11.8%, Action 10.2%, Co-op 9.7%, Indie 6.2%

SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.

Why similar: Zombies 71.2%, Survival 14.6%, Co-op 4.5%, RPG 2.9%, Action 2.7%

You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.

Why similar: Zombies 72.9%, Action 10.2%, Indie 6.5%, Local Multiplayer 4.8%, Gore 3.5%

Fight across the ruins of London using carefully refined Free-Form Combat, taking down a terrifying variety of mutated zombies with an expanding special move-set. Created for 1-4 players, for online and offline play, Bloody Zombies is also enhanced with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

Why similar: Zombies 42.5%, Local Co-Op 22.9%, Co-op 8%, Action 6%, Side Scroller 6%

A modern take on the classic arcade arena shooter. Taking inspiration from an entire generation of action games, Iron Fisticle builds on classic titles like Gauntlet and Robotron while adding over 100 collectible items, an RPG style upgrade system and local multiplayer.

Why similar: Zombies 32.3%, Local Co-Op 30.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Action 9.4%, Retro 6.3%