Games Like Dead State: Reanimated

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Zombies 47.6%, Survival 29.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7%, Open World 4.5%, RPG 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive zombie survival simulation that shares the deep, unforgiving management and scavenging mechanics found in Dead State.

From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

Why similar: Turn-Based 37.7%, RPG 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival 7%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This classic post-apocalyptic RPG provides the same isometric, turn-based tactical combat that inspired the design of Dead State.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Survival 35.6%, Turn-Based 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, RPG 9.9%, Strategy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, turn-based survival game that emphasizes the brutal reality of scavenging and decision-making in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.

Why similar: Turn-Based 51.2%, RPG 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9%, Isometric 6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based RPG that mirrors the choice-heavy narrative and squad management systems of Dead State.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.2%, Survival 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, RPG 10.5%, Strategy 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Directly inspired by classic Fallout, this game offers the same turn-based combat and survival-focused exploration as Dead State.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, RPG 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It refines the tactical squad-based combat and narrative consequences of its predecessor, making it a perfect follow-up for fans of Dead State.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Turn-Based 35.2%, RPG 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%, Isometric 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This deep, turn-based CRPG captures the atmospheric, post-apocalyptic exploration and tactical combat that Dead State fans enjoy.

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Zombies 35.6%, Survival 18.9%, Turn-Based 11.4%, RPG 6.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival roguelike that emphasizes inventory management, crafting, and the constant threat of the undead.

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: Turn-Based 20%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, RPG 16%, Survival 12.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style RPG that focuses on faction management and turn-based combat in a ruined world.

Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.

Why similar: Zombies 29.7%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%, RPG 7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that focuses on faction politics and base defense in a zombie-infested city.

Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

Why similar: Zombies 37.9%, Survival 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, RPG 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the strategic base-building and territory-reclaiming aspects of a zombie apocalypse in a turn-based format.

Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...

Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, Survival 17.9%, Turn-Based 15.7%, RPG 8.9%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic survival simulation that focuses on group dynamics and base management during a zombie outbreak.

The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 41.4%, Turn-Based 17.7%, Survival 13.8%, RPG 8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that blends survival mechanics with party management in a zombie-infested world.

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Zombies 48.6%, Survival 28.6%, Post-apocalyptic 6.1%, Open World 5.7%, RPG 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it is the premier experience for managing a community of survivors and maintaining a base in a zombie apocalypse.

Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...

Why similar: Turn-Based 50.1%, RPG 18.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Tactical 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features highly tactical, turn-based squad combat with destructible environments that feel very similar to the X-Com inspiration of Dead State.

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: Turn-Based 52.8%, RPG 25.9%, Strategy 7%, Isometric 4.7%, Tactical 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven, turn-based tactical RPG that excels at party management and consequence-heavy storytelling.

ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.

Why similar: Survival 24.6%, Turn-Based 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, RPG 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An expansion of the classic post-apocalyptic RPG experience that provides more tactical depth and survival challenges.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: Turn-Based 50.5%, RPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 9.1%, Tactical 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on managing a group of survivors during a crisis, requiring difficult choices that mirror the social management in Dead State.

HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.

Why similar: Zombies 37.8%, Turn-Based 19.3%, Survival 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game that strips away the fluff to focus entirely on the difficulty of surviving against zombie hordes.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 49.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, RPG 8.5%, Strategy 7.1%, Base Building 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy survival game that forces you to make tough moral choices to keep your family alive in a post-apocalyptic bunker.

Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.

Why similar: Zombies 38.8%, Survival 31.1%, RPG 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 4.5%, Horror 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that focuses on scavenging and avoiding threats in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.

Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.

Why similar: Zombies 45.9%, Survival 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, RPG 10%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused roguelite that emphasizes party management and the constant pressure of moving through a dangerous world.

It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.

Why similar: Zombies 43.6%, Survival 26.4%, RPG 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%, Strategy 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that incorporates base building and NPC interaction, similar to the community aspects of Dead State.

Circa 790 AD. A small band of Norse warriors lands on the shores of England. History may have forgotten their names, but their actions live on. As the chieftain of your clan, let ambition guide your choices in the party-based RPG Expeditions: Viking. How will history remember you?

Why similar: Turn-Based 52.1%, RPG 25.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 6.5%, Tactical 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep party management and tactical turn-based combat within a survival-lite framework.

"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 57.6%, Survival 23.5%, Strategy 8.3%, RPG 7.6%, Indie 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy survival game that requires careful management of your squad to survive waves of zombies.

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Zombies 43.6%, Survival 22.8%, RPG 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Open World 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that incorporates base management and survival elements in a world overrun by a mysterious plague.

A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.2%, RPG 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Strategy 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic turn-based strategy game that features tactical combat and scavenging mechanics.

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 65.8%, Survival 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Strategy 5.8%, RPG 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-style survival game that captures the bleak, resource-management-focused journey of a zombie apocalypse.

Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

Why similar: Zombies 39.9%, Survival 15.1%, Turn-Based 14.1%, RPG 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 5.8%

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

Why similar: Zombies 53.5%, Survival 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 6.7%, RPG 5.2%, Open World 4.6%

Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.

Why similar: Zombies 52.5%, Survival 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 6.5%, Open World 4.9%, RPG 4.2%

This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.

Why similar: Zombies 53.9%, Survival 23.9%, RPG 7.1%, Open World 4.4%, Sandbox 4%

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

Why similar: Turn-Based 24.3%, Zombies 20.7%, Survival 18.5%, RPG 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%

Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 33.6%, Turn-Based 20.2%, Survival 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%

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 51.7%, Survival 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, RPG 5.4%, Open World 5.1%

DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Survival 32.6%, Turn-Based 29.1%, RPG 18%, Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%

A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, RPG 16.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%

A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline Rebirth is a new and greatly improved version of B&C: Deadline, the follow-up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed hybrid tactical strategy game.

Why similar: Zombies 76.3%, RPG 12.1%, Strategy 9.8%, Indie 1.2%, Action 0.6%

Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.

Why similar: Zombies 50.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, RPG 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%, Strategy 6.7%

You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.

Why similar: Zombies 42.7%, Survival 22.5%, RPG 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Open World 3.6%

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Zombies 42.9%, Survival 29.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Open World 4.4%, Strategy 4.3%

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 60.5%, RPG 16%, Survival 12.4%, Indie 4.6%, Tactical 1.6%

Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 50.6%, RPG 16.5%, Survival 16.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Horror 2.4%

HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Zombies 42.6%, Survival 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, RPG 7.1%, Open World 4.4%

Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?

Why similar: Zombies 45.4%, Survival 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, RPG 9.2%, Strategy 5.8%

A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.

Why similar: Zombies 45.5%, Survival 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, RPG 8.3%, Open World 4.9%

Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!

Why similar: Zombies 39.1%, Turn-Based 22.3%, Survival 17.6%, RPG 7.8%, Strategy 4.8%

Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.

Why similar: Turn-Based 39%, Survival 24.8%, RPG 14.4%, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Blending horror survival/ Building and tower defence elements Damned Nation gives the player more ways to experience the post apocalypse the ever before.

Why similar: Zombies 50.7%, Survival 24.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Open World 4.6%, Horror 4.5%

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 42%, RPG 23.8%, Survival 15.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Indie 2.9%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Survival 42.3%, Post-apocalyptic 26.6%, Strategy 16.2%, Base Building 4.3%, Open World 3.5%

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 59.9%, Survival 22.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 4.7%, Indie 1.8%

Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.

Why similar: Zombies 39.4%, Survival 20%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, RPG 10.9%, Strategy 6.8%

It's the first day of the rest of your life

Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, Survival 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, RPG 8.5%, Strategy 6.3%

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Survival 47.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Base Building 6.4%, Sandbox 5.8%

From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.

Why similar: Zombies 58.3%, Survival 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Singleplayer 1%, Action 0.4%

Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!

Why similar: Zombies 51.9%, RPG 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 5.3%

Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

Why similar: Turn-Based 37.6%, Survival 27.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.9%

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

Why similar: Zombies 47.8%, Survival 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Strategy 6.4%, Horror 4.2%