Games Like Deadly Days

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 34.4%, Action Roguelike 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Survival 8.4%, Roguelite 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the chaotic, squad-based road trip survival experience with roguelite elements and humorous pixel art.

"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 44.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Survival 13%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core loop of managing a small group of survivors through a zombie-infested world with a similar pixel-art aesthetic.

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 40.9%, Survival 11.2%, Strategy 10.5%, Roguelite 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines turn-based combat with party management and survival mechanics in a post-apocalyptic setting.

The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

Why similar: Zombies 29.1%, Action Roguelike 24%, Roguelite 20%, Survival 9.1%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the action-roguelite side of the genre, focusing on squad-based bullet-hell combat against massive zombie swarms.

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 37.2%, Survival 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Difficult 10.3%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based approach to squad survival that emphasizes the difficulty of managing limited resources against zombie hordes.

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 45.7%, Strategy 15.8%, Survival 12.5%, Indie 8.7%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct match in terms of top-down squad management and survival gameplay against waves of zombies.

The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Why similar: Zombies 51.3%, Strategy 14.9%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Action 8.1%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a highly strategic, top-down perspective on managing zombie outbreaks that mirrors the tactical depth of Deadly Days.

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 32.5%, Roguelite 16.5%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Survival 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite survival game features top-down combat and exploration that feels very similar to the action segments of Deadly Days.

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 47.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival game that focuses on the management of a group during a zombie apocalypse, emphasizing difficult choices.

Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.

Why similar: Zombies 56.6%, Strategy 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Action 6.5%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While you control the zombies, the strategic, pixel-art, and chaotic nature of the gameplay aligns well with the feel of Deadly Days.

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

Why similar: Zombies 27.7%, Roguelite 20.4%, Survival 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Perma Death 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the difficult journey of a party of survivors, emphasizing perma-death and resource management.

FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!

Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Action Roguelike 23.1%, Roguelite 19%, Survival 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that focuses on fast-paced combat and character progression in a zombie-infested environment.

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 32%, Action Roguelike 21%, Strategy 12.2%, Roguelite 8.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends top-down action with strategic survival elements as you attempt to escape a zombie-ridden city.

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 46.1%, Strategy 18.6%, Survival 14.6%, Indie 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy strategy game that requires careful management of survivors and their interactions during a zombie outbreak.

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: Action Roguelike 34.2%, Roguelite 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action 7.2%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a chaotic, procedural, and highly interactive world where squad-like elements and roguelite progression are central.

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 56.2%, Action 14.8%, Survival 13.3%, Indie 12.6%, Retro 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling action game that focuses on defending your position against nightly zombie attacks with a small team.

A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 59.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Action 9.1%, Survival 7.5%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling shooter that captures the pixel-art aesthetic and the frantic nature of fighting through zombie-filled streets.

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 42.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Survival 16.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Real-Time with Pause 8.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A strategic management game that focuses on reclaiming territory and managing survivors in a post-apocalyptic zombie world.

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 44.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Survival 10.7%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the party-based survival mechanics of the first game with deeper RPG and strategy systems.

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 29.9%, Strategy 20.3%, Indie 12.9%, Action 12.5%, Roguelite 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that incorporates strategy and action elements while navigating a dangerous, zombie-filled world.

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 44%, Roguelite 17.1%, Strategy 16.1%, Survival 10.2%, Procedural Generation 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy and simulation game that forces you to manage a group of survivors and their morale during the apocalypse.

Eat, sleep, and shoot zombies in this survival simulator with roguelite elements. Battle to survive until you die and do it all over again. Level up your skills and keep your child alive as you fight to escape your wintry hell.

Why similar: Zombies 27%, Action Roguelike 26.3%, Roguelite 18.7%, Survival 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that uses pixel graphics and life-simulation elements to create a unique survival experience.

A Supernatural Thriller from the indie creators of "White Night" and “Under The Waves” now remastered for PC gamers.

Why similar: Indie 83.9%, Singleplayer 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that focuses on survival and combat against waves of zombies.

Loot, shoot, and mow down zombie hordes in this bullet heaven fever dream. Embark on a deadly roadtrip, fuel your bus, decide when to extract – and get that sweet inventory management kick when that new slot in your backpack fits just right.

Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Action Roguelike 26.5%, Roguelite 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Action 6.2%

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: Roguelite 25.3%, Zombies 22.5%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that focuses on base building and survivor management in a zombie-infested world.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 57.6%, Survival 26.1%, Action 9.1%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that focuses on exploration and crafting, capturing the feeling of scavenging in a post-apocalyptic world.

Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.7%, Survival 17.3%, Indie 14.7%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy-survival game where you must prepare your defenses against an impending threat.

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 32.7%, Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep management game that focuses on the survival of a single family in a post-apocalyptic bunker.

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 60.7%, Action 20%, Indie 19.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes survival and action in a dark, post-apocalyptic setting.

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 59.3%, Survival 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Action 4.8%, Perma Death 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more expansive, open-world take on the squad-based zombie survival and base management genre.

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

Why similar: Zombies 65.7%, Strategy 21.1%, Action 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, top-down strategy game that focuses on cooperative play and survival against zombie hordes.

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 25.4%, Action Roguelike 21.2%, Roguelite 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Survival 7.2%

Guntouchables is an online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players. You play as a gun-toting group of 'preppers' trying to reclaim the world from an ever-evolving horde of mutants, constantly working to develop new unique ways to kill you.

Why similar: Zombies 24.4%, Action Roguelike 20.4%, Roguelite 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Survival 7.6%

Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.2%, Zombies 21.9%, Roguelite 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Survival 8.4%

Apocalypse Party is a 3D top-down action Roguelike game. In this game, you will embark on a new mission to traverse through the Middle Ages and gradually master abilities, and arm yourself to become the strongest survivor through numerous choices.

Why similar: Zombies 28.3%, Action Roguelike 27%, Roguelite 21.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Casual 6.6%

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 44.5%, Survival 17%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Strategy 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

Outbreak is the demo version of FatalZone, a bullet heaven zombie apocalypse shooter where you'll have to upgrade your base, hone your mercs' skills, and put them to the test to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 27.7%, Action Roguelike 22.1%, Roguelite 18.6%, Survival 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%

Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!

Why similar: Zombies 33%, Strategy 17.4%, Survival 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Action 10.4%

Still Not Dead is a challenging roguelite FPS that merges the fast satisfying gunplay of Doom with open stages, insane weaponry, tactical choice and being pursued by death itself. The unique blessing and curse system, plus unlockable skill skulls set the game apart from everything else.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.9%, Zombies 18.1%, Roguelite 12.1%, Action 8.1%, Indie 6.8%

1 Bit Survivor is a unique blend of turn-based combat and survival horror! Carefully manage your resources to solve procedurally generated combat puzzles. Survive 28 Days and save your Pet Cat from the Zed-pocalpyse!

Why similar: Zombies 30.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Strategy 12.7%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Casual 9.2%

Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship - Prologue is a quick foray into the world of Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship. Take command of the last ship in a zombie-filled world and defend against endless waves of the undead. Build turrets, lead your crew, and upgrade the ship while gathering loot.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.6%, Roguelite 23.7%, Zombies 22.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Survival 7.6%

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Zombies 41.5%, Strategy 19.9%, Survival 19.7%, Difficult 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%

In Dark Days you need to escape the infected island of Colbrook, try to save as many survivors as you can and secure safe houses. Protect your surroundings, search and scavenge locations and ultimately don’t get killed. A 3D top down zombie survival / shooter with a compelling story and character development.

Why similar: Action 54%, Indie 46%

Use explosive pizzas, enchanted fidget spinners or a katamari of monsters to fight countless enemies hordes! Repair the "Forge of Destiny" and craft the ultimate custom weapon in this comedy action rogue-lite survivor.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.1%, Roguelite 24.5%, Action 13.4%, Survival 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

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 40.6%, Survival 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Strategy 12%, Perma Death 10.4%

Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.

Why similar: Roguelite 32.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Perma Death 9.3%, Survival 9.1%

A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.

Why similar: Zombies 32.5%, Action Roguelike 24.9%, Roguelite 21.6%, Strategy 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

A campy, crazy pixelart zombie apocalypse arcade sim where you're the bad guy. Drop your virus and spread it across the globe while you unlock a whole horde of bizarre undead to do your bidding.

Why similar: Zombies 41.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Difficult 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Indie 7.5%

A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.5%, Roguelite 26.4%, Survival 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action 8.7%

City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

Why similar: Zombies 27.6%, Roguelite 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Survival 9.8%, Strategy 8.6%

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32%, Roguelite 28.3%, Strategy 7.4%, Perma Death 6.5%, Action 6.4%

RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.

Why similar: Roguelite 30.9%, Action Roguelike 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Action 11.8%, Difficult 5.5%

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 46.6%, Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Action 9.5%, Strategy 7.1%

Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.

Why similar: Roguelite 46.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, Strategy 19.9%, Tactical 8%

DEFENSURVIVOR is a strategy game where you build obstacles and place and move units to block zombies. There are various units with unique characteristics and powerful high-level units that can be obtained through combination. Use randomly given units to survive until the end!

Why similar: Roguelite 43.1%, Zombies 25.7%, Strategy 16%, Casual 6.9%, Indie 4%

A fast-paced roguelike tower defense where you choose your Queen Bee with unique skills and the Artisan to build turrets and cast powerful spells to defend your hive through regions infested with zombees. Face bosses with insane mechanics and survive the Zumbeecalypse!

Why similar: Zombies 31.6%, Roguelite 29.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Casual 5.7%

Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!

Why similar: Strategy 21.8%, Action 13.1%, Survival 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Difficult 11.2%

Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.2%, Roguelite 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Difficult 9.3%

Build turrets, lead your crew, and upgrade the ship while gathering loot in this exciting "Tower Defense-on-wheels zombie survival roguelite" game.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.9%, Zombies 26.4%, Roguelite 24.5%, Strategy 10%, Action 5.8%

DOOM SWEEPER is a 2D pixel-style game. Clean up the approaching zombie climax, and exchange it for cash, embarking on a journey to become an arms dealer in the apocalypse. Complete the game, unlock more items in the shop, and achieve various achievements to obtain different CG!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.2%, Roguelite 21.2%, Zombies 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Strategy 8.5%