Games Like Death Road to Canada

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 21.8%, Local Co-Op 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Roguelike 11%, Roguelite 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the chaotic, emergent gameplay and local co-op fun found in Death Road to Canada.

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 61.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Survival 8.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.7%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is the quintessential zombie road-trip survival game that shares the same retro aesthetic and resource-management tension.

Death Skid Marks is a rogue-like car combat game about what so many of us have experienced: a road trip to a music gig… only in this game, things get violent. The game uniquely blends top down arcade action and RPG mechanics.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.4%, RPG 12.4%, Action 10.1%, Difficult 10%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal and hilarious road-trip game that focuses on vehicular combat and managing a group of eccentric characters.

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 37.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Survival 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the feeling of traveling through a dying world while managing resources and survivors on a train.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.6%, Roguelike 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Difficult 8.8%, Roguelite 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar road-trip premise with tactical combat and random events set in a harsh, post-apocalyptic world.

Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 21.6%, Local Co-Op 20.6%, Roguelike 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fantastic local co-op experience that thrives on the same kind of competitive yet cooperative chaos found in Death Road.

Westerado: Double Barreled. When your family is murdered by a mysterious desperado, you set out into the world to take revenge. Take control of your own fate and that of others, all using your trusty shooting iron.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 35.8%, Local Co-Op 28.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Action 7.3%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a choice-driven, open-ended road-trip experience with a distinct art style and a strong sense of humor.

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 55.6%, Survival 17%, RPG 9.5%, Roguelike 7.6%, Roguelite 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that focuses heavily on zombie survival, base management, and making difficult narrative choices.

West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.

Why similar: Comedy 23.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Character Customization 14.8%, RPG 13.2%, Funny 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy the dry, absurd humor and character-driven writing of Death Road, this RPG is a perfect match.

The miserable journey of a broken man...

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Comedy 17.8%, RPG 10.4%, Funny 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully balances dark, twisted humor with a bleak post-apocalyptic setting and meaningful character choices.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.1%, Roguelike 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Local Co-Op 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane action-roguelike that rewards quick reflexes and chaotic play in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 28.5%, Memes 14.4%, Comedy 12.7%, Co-op 10.9%, Funny 9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that shares the same irreverent, bizarre sense of humor and cooperative play style.

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 52.7%, Survival 26.6%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Co-op 7.1%, RPG 3%

Why You'll Like It: For those who want a deeper, more punishing simulation of zombie survival and base management.

Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.1%, Local Co-Op 15.8%, Roguelike 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Difficult 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A polished action-roguelike with a great sense of humor and intense, bullet-hell combat.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.5%, Roguelike 16.4%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for replayable, item-heavy action-roguelikes that keep you coming back for one more run.

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Co-op 14.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Comedy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An over-the-top action game that delivers fast-paced, pixelated destruction and chaotic co-op fun.

Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Why similar: Zombies 35.1%, Action Roguelike 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Survival 8.3%, Roguelite 8%

Why You'll Like It: A zombie-themed roguelite that focuses on managing a group of survivors and using unique abilities to survive.

Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Co-op 13.5%, Character Customization 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on planning and teamwork in a sandbox environment, mirroring the strategic management required in survival scenarios.

Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.6%, Local Co-Op 19.5%, Roguelike 14%, Co-op 12%, Multiplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative beat-em-up roguelike that captures the frantic energy of fighting through hordes of enemies.

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.8%, Roguelike 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Local Co-Op 14.5%, Difficult 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based roguelike that features the same addictive, pixelated charm and challenging gameplay.

Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven road-trip game where every decision you make impacts your journey and the world around you.

Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.1%, Local Co-Op 16%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Roguelike 12%, Character Customization 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging action-roguelike platformer that emphasizes exploration and combat in a dangerous, randomly generated world.

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 62.8%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%, Action 3.8%, Comedy 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game where you control the zombie horde, offering a unique perspective on the classic zombie apocalypse.

Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.

Why similar: Zombies 30.1%, Action Roguelike 28.1%, Roguelike 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Difficult 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, horror-themed action-roguelike with a distinct art style and challenging combat.

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 55.6%, Pixel Graphics 26.3%, RPG 7.6%, Difficult 4.4%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival management game that forces you to make tough moral decisions to keep your group alive.

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 46.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Difficult 8.3%, Comedy 7.3%, Survival 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that lets you play as the zombie outbreak, offering a fun, dark twist on the genre.

Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements. You become an adventurer exploring a continuously evolving dungeon to prevent the town from being destroyed. Eliminate enemies, use a variety of weapons and magic, eat food, and defeat evil in the dungeon!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Roguelike 16.2%, Roguelite 9.4%, Difficult 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-roguelike that combines dungeon crawling with RPG elements and a charming pixel-art style.

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 56%, Survival 28.6%, RPG 7.7%, Action 4.6%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game where you explore a zombie-infested world and break everything in sight.

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 59.4%, Survival 23.5%, Multiplayer 5%, Great Soundtrack 3.3%, Co-op 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more immersive, 3D take on the zombie survival and base-building loop.

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 39.2%, Great Soundtrack 29%, Difficult 8.2%, Action 6.5%, Comedy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art game about causing chaos and managing your environment to achieve a goal, much like the random events in Death Road.

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 34.9%, Action Roguelike 23.5%, Character Customization 10.3%, Co-op 9.2%, Roguelite 7.5%

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 46.9%, Local Co-Op 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Survival 6.7%, Action 3.8%

Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34%, Zombies 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Action 5.7%, RPG 5.7%

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 25.1%, Action Roguelike 17%, Local Co-Op 14.1%, Survival 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

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 29.1%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Survival 10.1%, Co-op 7.8%, Comedy 7.7%

Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is a fast-paced 2d shooting game with a random story. You control a group of three migrants traveling west along a wagon trail. The game consists of short scenes that are sequenced together in a semi-random way to tell a crazy adventure story.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.7%, Roguelike 13.5%, Comedy 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Difficult 10.3%

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 34.4%, Action Roguelike 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 7.6%

Road Redemption lets you lead a biker gang on an epic journey across the country in this driving combat road rage adventure. Huge campaign, dozens of weapons, full 4-player co-op splitscreen.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 46.6%, Co-op 15.7%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Action 9.6%, Funny 9.3%

Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.4%, Local Co-Op 18.4%, Survival 15.3%, Roguelike 12.4%, Co-op 7%

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 33.6%, Local Co-Op 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Co-op 8.6%, Multiplayer 5.6%

Infected Shelter is an ultra-violent rogue-lite post-apocalyptic beat'em up. Singleplayer and co-op for up to four players.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.4%, Zombies 20%, Local Co-Op 17%, RPG 6.4%, Roguelite 5.8%

"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 49.6%, Survival 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Roguelike 8.3%, RPG 4.2%

Quirky yet brutal run-and-gun roguelite: scavenge weapons, equipment, and artifacts, unlock powerful upgrades, and blast through procedurally generated biomes with witty dialogue and explosively satisfying combat.

Why similar: Zombies 29.7%, Action Roguelike 24.3%, Roguelike 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Roguelite 7.7%

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

Why similar: Zombies 31.7%, Action Roguelike 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Co-op 7.3%

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 37.4%, Zombies 21%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Survival 7%

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: Action Roguelike 27.1%, Roguelike 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Local Co-Op 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

Why similar: Zombies 46.9%, Co-op 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Comedy 8.1%, Action 6.9%

Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.3%, Zombies 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelite 7.3%

Pest Apocalypse is a hyper-realistic post apocalyptic physics based pizza delivery action rogue-lite! Boost, jump, and drift across different maps in a bouncy pizza van. Pick up kooky passengers along the way and focus on the driving while they handle the shooting!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.8%, Roguelike 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Roguelite 12.2%, Funny 8.4%

It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.8%, Zombies 17.3%, Co-op 16.2%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, RPG 10.2%

Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.2%, Local Co-Op 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Roguelike 11.4%, Co-op 5.7%

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: Zombies 36.4%, Action Roguelike 33.1%, Roguelike 16.2%, Roguelite 10.1%, Action 4.2%

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.4%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Zombies 18.5%, Difficult 11.1%, Action 5%

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 31.2%, Action Roguelike 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Roguelike 11.3%, Survival 10.9%

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 54%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, RPG 10.5%, Action 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Drive through hordes of zombies in this zombie-splattering roguelike, collecting hardware to upgrade your vehicle with turrets, flamethrowers, nitro boosts and more.

Why similar: Zombies 59.6%, Survival 13.4%, Roguelike 10.4%, Action 6.5%, Roguelite 6.4%

Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.4%, Local Co-Op 23.1%, Roguelike 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%

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 45.4%, Survival 19.6%, Roguelike 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, RPG 5.4%

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 31.4%, Roguelike 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Survival 10.5%, Roguelite 8.2%