Games Like Dying Light: The Beast

Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.

Why similar: Parkour 18.2%, Zombies 17.3%, Open World 11.1%, Gore 8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person parkour, open-city zombie survival, day-night threat cycle, melee combat, and four-player co-op are the closest direct match.

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Zombies 23.7%, Parkour 20.3%, Open World 11.4%, Gore 9.6%, Horror 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The original delivers the same fast free-running, brutal first-person infected combat, volatile night hunts, and co-op open-world structure.

A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.

Why similar: Zombies 28%, Gore 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Co-op 9.6%, Horror 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is another polished first-person zombie action game centered on grotesque melee combat, exploration, character builds, and drop-in co-op.

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Why similar: Zombies 37%, Open World 15.8%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Gore 9.9%, Co-op 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its resort-wide open zones, scavenging, first-person melee combat, and four-player zombie co-op make it a natural Dying Light alternative.

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Why similar: Zombies 30%, Open World 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Horror 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world travel, crafting, desperate survival, and massive zombie hordes in a more solitary but similarly dangerous apocalypse.

Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Why similar: Zombies 33.8%, Open World 14.6%, Gore 13.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the Dead Island formula with more interconnected zombie-infested areas, survival objectives, and cooperative first-person action.

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 34.3%, Open World 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival sandbox mixes first-person zombie combat, looting, crafting, base defense, and multiplayer survival against escalating hordes.

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 36%, Open World 22.6%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Co-op 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world zombie scavenging, co-op play, tense encounters, and community survival systems make every expedition feel consequential.

World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

Why similar: Zombies 46.3%, Multiplayer 14%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%, Gore 7.4%, Co-op 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player campaigns and enormous swarming zombie masses deliver a more mission-focused but highly satisfying cooperative infected-killing experience.

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Zombies 26.7%, Open World 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Horror 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: For players who enjoy the wilderness side of The Beast, it offers a punishing open-world zombie apocalypse driven by scavenging and unpredictable multiplayer encounters.

Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.

Why similar: Zombies 40.4%, Gore 15.8%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Horror 8.6%, Co-op 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides fast first-person co-op campaigns, special infected, build customization, and a relentless survival-horror shooter pace.

It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Zombies 33.4%, Gore 15.4%, Horror 11.2%, First-Person 9.5%, Co-op 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op FPS emphasizes gory combat, mutant enemies, high-pressure survival waves, and class-based teamwork against overwhelming hordes.

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: Zombies 56.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Co-op 8.4%, Gore 7%, Horror 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its iconic four-player zombie campaigns, dynamic enemy director, and frantic close-quarters survival remain a superb co-op counterpart to Dying Light.

Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.

Why similar: Zombies 46.1%, Open World 17.8%, Gore 12.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Co-op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its large zombie-filled city, improvised weapons, vehicle chaos, and co-op mode offer a more arcade-like take on open-world undead mayhem.

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: Zombies 28.3%, Gore 18%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Horror 10.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its dense gore, satisfying weapon handling, horrifying specimens, and excellent cooperative horde combat suit players wanting nonstop infected action.

DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Zombies 27.4%, Open World 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Horror 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers free-to-play open-world zombie survival with scavenging, exploration, multiplayer options, and a devastated urban setting.

No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.

Why similar: Zombies 44.8%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Horror 12.7%, Co-op 10.1%, First-Person 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op zombie survival leans into scarce resources, lethal infected, first-person immersion, and the tension of trying to escape together.

Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!

Why similar: Zombies 38.1%, Gore 13.4%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Co-op 8.5%, Horror 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers structured co-op missions full of undead swarms, grisly kills, escalating special enemies, and an enjoyably pulpy horror-action tone.

Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...

Why similar: Zombies 38.5%, Open World 18%, Gore 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Violent 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world zombie chaos, absurd weapon crafting, and large crowds offer a lighter, more comedic alternative for players who enjoy slaughtering hordes.

'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

Why similar: Zombies 38.2%, Open World 21.6%, Multiplayer 14.9%, First-Person 10%, Realistic 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world zombie survival game focuses on scavenging, crafting, fortifying a shelter, and enduring dangerous nighttime attacks with friends.

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 44.5%, Open World 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Gore 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: The original State of Decay remains a strong choice for open-world zombie scavenging and making difficult survival decisions for a vulnerable community.

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Open World 29.7%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Horror 14.9%, Co-op 12.5%, First-Person 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: While its enemies are not traditional zombies, its open-world co-op survival, crafting, exploration, caves, and escalating horror capture a similarly hostile wilderness mood.

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 41%, Open World 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Co-op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Though isometric and slower paced, it excels at the emergent survival, looting, cooperative play, and ever-present risk of a zombie apocalypse.

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.1%, Open World 34.5%, Exploration 11.7%, RPG 10.3%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox blends open-world scavenging, survivor management, crafting, stealth, and zombie threats in a flexible post-apocalyptic setting.

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Zombies 30.7%, Open World 22.9%, Gore 16.9%, Violent 10.7%, Realistic 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its large multiplayer survival world, looting, crafting, hostile puppets, and emphasis on surviving the wilderness fit the harsher survival aspects of The Beast.

Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Open World 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Multiplayer 16.3%, First-Person 11.4%, Co-op 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its shared open world combines cooperative shooting, crafting, exploration, and grotesque supernatural enemies in a post-apocalyptic environment.

London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.

Why similar: Zombies 45%, Open World 12.3%, Horror 9%, Gore 8.7%, First-Person 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This tense first-person survival-horror game emphasizes dangerous zombie encounters, scavenging, permadeath-style consequences, and oppressive atmosphere.

Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.

Why similar: Zombies 46.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 9.5%, Co-op 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its slower, more tactical co-op zombie scenarios emphasize limited ammunition, infection risk, and the tense first-person horror side of Dying Light.

Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

Why similar: Zombies 37.6%, Horror 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, First-Person 8.1%, Violent 5.2%

Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.

Why similar: Open World 35.1%, Post-apocalyptic 27%, First-Person 8.8%, Exploration 6.9%, Story Rich 5.7%

Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.

Why similar: Zombies 36.2%, Co-op Campaign 27.9% ★, Horror 9.4%, Co-op 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its multiple co-op campaigns deliver bombastic action, infected outbreaks, melee attacks, and varied horror set pieces across a global apocalypse.

This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 32.5% ★, Zombies 30%, Horror 9.6%, Co-op 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its two-player co-op campaign, infected enemies, action-heavy combat, and upgrade-driven progression make it a solid linear alternative.

Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.

Why similar: Zombies 26.9%, Horror 15.3%, Gore 14.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Violent 7.3%

Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!

Why similar: Open World 23.5%, Parkour 18.1%, Zombies 17.3%, Gore 16.3%, Violent 8.1%

A dark menace consumes the Old West. In solo or coop, fight with style in visceral, explosive combat against bloodthirsty monstrosities. Eradicate the vampiric hordes with your lightning-fueled gauntlet and become a Wild West Superhero.

Why similar: Gore 24%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Co-op 14.4%, Violent 11.9%, Action-Adventure 11.5%

You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!

Why similar: Zombies 49.8%, Open World 16.5%, Gore 13.5%, Horror 7.7%, Action 5.5%

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 46.8%, Gore 16.7%, Open World 13.3%, Horror 7.5%, Multiplayer 5.1%

In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?

Why similar: Zombies 22.4%, Open World 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Gore 12.5%, Horror 9.6%

The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG set in 14th-century Europe. You play as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, fighting to save your family in a story shaped by your actions and the secrets you uncover.

Why similar: Open World 39.6%, RPG 11%, Story Rich 9%, Combat 7.8%, Gore 7.7%

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Gore 12.3%, Multiplayer 12%, First-Person 10.5%, Open World 9.2%

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Multiplayer 24.1%, Co-op 15.5%, First-Person 11.3%, Gore 9.4%

A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.

Why similar: Zombies 48.8%, Parkour 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 3.4%

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 45.9%, Open World 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Multiplayer 5.5%, Horror 3.6%

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Open World 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%, First-Person 8.1%

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 43.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Horror 17.6%, Story Rich 8.4%, Action 5.9%

Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.

Why similar: Open World 28.9%, Violent 19.6%, Horror 15.7%, Gore 10.2%, Exploration 6.9%

The Left Behind is a solo and co-op post-apocalyptic survival game. Explore a typical Dutch open-world landscape at daytime and beware of hordes of enemies coming in at night. Loot and hunt to survive. Each night, the game becomes increasingly challenging. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Open World 15.2%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 6.5%

DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Why similar: Zombies 29%, Open World 26.7%, Horror 17.4%, Gore 12.5%, First-Person 8.7%

In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.

Why similar: Zombies 33.7%, Open World 19.6%, Gore 13.6%, Violent 8.3%, Horror 8%

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Open World 32.6%, Horror 22.5%, Zombies 10.7%, First-Person 9.3%, Gore 9.1%

The Black Masses is an open world first-person fantasy co-op RPG. You find yourself stranded on an island corrupted by a strange black substance. Its unsuspecting inhabitants, once a strong flourishing society, have been possessed into mindless creatures, bent on the destruction of life.

Why similar: Zombies 29%, Gore 14%, Open World 13.1%, RPG 10.2%, Action 8.9%

This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Why similar: Zombies 29.6%, Open World 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Gore 6.1%

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Open World 25%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Gore 8.6%, Action 6.5%

After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Open World 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Multiplayer 13.3%, First-Person 8.8%

The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground.

Why similar: Zombies 48.2%, Open World 15.7%, Gore 10%, Co-op 7.2%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?

Why similar: Open World 32.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, Horror 7.4%

Hunted by the seemingly unstoppable Axeman and facing off against the Tower’s latest push for total dominance, discover what connects these new threats together before it’s too late. New faces, places, weapons and gear all await you on your journey to a final showdown for the city's fate.

Why similar: Zombies 41.4%, Horror 15.6%, First-Person 6.1%, RPG 6%, Action 5.9%

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 41.8%, Open World 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Exploration 4%, Co-op 3.8%