Games Like Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 25.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, 2.5D 9.1%, Stealth 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive side-scrolling survival management game that shares the same focus on refuge maintenance and moral decision-making.

Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Side Scroller 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Management 14.6%, Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that mirrors the base defense and resource management mechanics of the seed game.

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 34.8%, Survival 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it offers the most immersive and detailed zombie survival simulation, focusing heavily on scavenging and long-term survival.

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 30.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29.2%, Management 12.7%, Crafting 9%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the refuge management and resource scavenging loop within a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 32.3%, Survival 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Crafting 15%, Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep survival mechanics with a strong focus on scavenging, planning, and turn-based strategy.

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 35.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, 2.5D 16.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Survival 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the side-scrolling zombie horror aesthetic and platforming tension perfectly.

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 30.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Survival 17.7%, Perma Death 15.5%, Crafting 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines roguelite survival elements with a high-stakes scavenging loop in a zombie-infested world.

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: Zombies 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Management 12.8%, Survival 12.1%, Immersive Sim 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base building and managing survivors in a post-apocalyptic city with a strong emphasis on tactical planning.

Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

Why similar: Zombies 47.8%, Survival 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Strategy 6.6%, Horror 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: An excellent turn-based survival management game that emphasizes community building and difficult choices.

You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

Why similar: Zombies 26%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Survival 17.5%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Horror 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival management game that emphasizes resource scarcity and character relationships.

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 38.8%, Survival 28.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Perma Death 7.2%, Simulation 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: The premier community management zombie game, focusing on base building and the survival of a group.

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 42.7%, Survival 23.7%, 2.5D 19.8%, Horror 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game that emphasizes exploration, scavenging, and base defense.

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 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Survival 17.1%, Crafting 15%, 2.5D 13%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game with a focus on scavenging, realistic mechanics, and crafting.

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 37.9%, Survival 18%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Crafting 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based combat with survival management and community decision-making in a zombie apocalypse.

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 26.6%, Survival 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Crafting 15.5%, Survival Horror 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game with a focus on scavenging, community building, and managing resources in a hostile world.

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 24.9%, Stealth 20.4%, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 14.5%, Choices Matter 14%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep community management and survival mechanics in a world where every survivor matters.

A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.9%, Survival 27.8%, Management 16.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the refuge management mechanics of the original with deeper faction and survival systems.

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 33.9%, Perma Death 19.6%, Strategy 15.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the intense resource management and character survival systems found in side-scrolling survival games.

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 45.1%, Survival 27%, Post-apocalyptic 26%, Action 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A solid open-world survival experience with a focus on looting, base building, and managing hunger.

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: Post-apocalyptic 36.7%, Survival 24.6%, Strategy 15.1%, Simulation 12%, Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a broader management perspective on post-apocalyptic survival and base building.

'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 33.1%, Crafting 21%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Survival 19%, Simulation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense with survival and scavenging in a persistent zombie-infested world.

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 38.9%, Survival 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Action 5.9%, Strategy 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with zombie survival and base defense in a dangerous wasteland.

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 33.8%, Survival 26.6%, Crafting 24.7%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Simulation 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the satisfying loop of scavenging, crafting, and exploring in a post-apocalyptic world.

No More Room in Hell 2 is a terrifying 8 player co-op action horror experience. Find your friends in the dark and survive - in a dynamic, endlessly replayable zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 36.6%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Survival 18.6%, Horror 11.8%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tension and cooperation required for zombie survival in a high-stakes environment.

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 60%, Survival 32.6%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A faster-paced action take on the zombie survival theme that focuses on managing a team of survivors.

Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.

Why similar: Zombies 28.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Choices Matter 12%, Management 12%

Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 46.6%, Survival 33.1%, Crafting 17.3%, Action 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on crafting and survival in a zombie-infested environment with a strong emphasis on base building.

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 37.5%, Survival 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Survival Horror 7.1%, Perma Death 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: The classic community-focused zombie survival experience that defined the genre's management mechanics.

Fight, scavenge, and extract in The Midnight Walkers, a hardcore FPS game with deadly zombies, dangerous players, and valuable loot. Craft weapons, armor, and consumables; trade items; and maintain your hideout. Escape Liberty Grand Center mega complex, and thrive...or die and lose everything.

Why similar: Zombies 44.6%, Post-apocalyptic 30.2%, Horror 19.7%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: An extraction-based take on the zombie survival genre that emphasizes stealth and careful movement.

Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 35.3%, Post-apocalyptic 28.5%, Survival 22.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Action 4.4%

All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!

Why similar: Zombies 33.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Survival 20.7%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Simulation 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game with a unique art style and a heavy focus on base building and crafting.

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

Why similar: Zombies 24.2%, Survival 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.9%

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 43.3%, Survival 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Survival Horror 4.8%, Horror 3.7%

Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.

Why similar: Zombies 27.2%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.

Why similar: Zombies 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Stealth 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Perma Death 12.9%

As Anling’s zombie infection sets in, her days are numbered. The struggle to survive is made ever more paramount as she must ensure her son Cody stays alive. She must teach him how to survive in this new world at any cost…

Why similar: Zombies 28%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 19.5%, Crafting 17.5%, Horror 11%

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 24.9%, Survival 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Crafting 19.3%, Immersive Sim 7.6%

"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.

Why similar: Zombies 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Survival 15%, Side Scroller 13.3%

Escape room meets co-op survival horror. The year is 1998, and an ancient curse has been unleashed, trapping everyone on Mount Bisik. Alone or with up to 4 players, you must explore, find clues, figure out a way to escape...and survive the horror.

Why similar: Zombies 30.8%, 2.5D 29.3%, Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 13.4%

Survive the zombie apocalypse and make humanity's last stand in this three-game legacy bundle, revamped for modern hardware. Explore, build, and survive for as long as you can in The Last Stand, The Last Stand 2, and The Last Stand: Union City.

Why similar: Zombies 35.9%, Post-apocalyptic 29%, Survival 19.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Action 5.6%

Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Management 17.9%, Crafting 15.6%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Survival 12.1%

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 33.2%, Strategy 20.7%, Survival 15.2%, Perma Death 10.7%, Action 10.4%

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 38.5%, Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Survival 19%, Strategy 9.4%, Action 5.3%

Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

Why similar: Survival 28.5%, Management 24.3%, Crafting 18.4%, Psychological 16.1%, Strategy 9.3%

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival 21.3%, Zombies 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Crafting 16.6%, Horror 15%

World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

Why similar: Survival 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Zombies 19.8%, Crafting 9.7%, Horror 5.2%

"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 43.6%, Survival 22.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Perma Death 11.2%, Simulation 6.9%

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 27.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 16.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%

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 19.4%, Survival Horror 13.1%, Survival 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Crafting 11%

You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Crafting 14.6%, Survival 12.4%

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 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Survival 14.8%, Management 12%, Survival Horror 11.2%

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

Why similar: Zombies 20.8%, Perma Death 20.6%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Survival 13.3%

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Zombies 41.6%, Survival 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Strategy 13%, Management 5.9%

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

Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.

Why similar: Zombies 33.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Horror 11%

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 32%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Survival 19.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Horror 10.2%

In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!

Why similar: Survival 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, 2.5D 15.7%, Crafting 15.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%

See how long you can survive in a world full of brainless zombies and heartless humans! Find your place among hundreds of other characters spread across several warring factions, and battle to reclaim every corner of a sprawling city in real-time.

Why similar: Zombies 22.1%, Survival Horror 16%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Crafting 12.3%

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: 2.5D 35.5%, Zombies 34.2%, Crafting 24.3%, Action 6%