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: Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Crafting 15.9%, 2.5D 14.8%, Stealth 14%, Choices Matter 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive side-scrolling survival game that mirrors the refuge management and difficult moral choices found in the seed game.

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 55.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Perma Death 11.3%, Horror 5%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at the group management and base-building aspects of zombie survival, forcing players to balance community needs with external threats.

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: Colony Sim 31.8%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Management 14.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling strategy game captures the tension of defending a base against relentless zombie hordes.

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

Why similar: Zombies 47.7%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Crafting 15.2%, Survival Horror 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most comprehensive and realistic zombie survival experience, focusing heavily on scavenging, crafting, and long-term base management.

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 43.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Crafting 21.4%, Horror 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike survival game that requires careful planning, scavenging, and crafting to survive the harsh reality of a zombie apocalypse.

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

Why similar: Zombies 54.7%, Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that emphasizes narrative choices and the consequences of your actions in a zombie-infested world.

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 34.8%, Post-apocalyptic 26%, Perma Death 19.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival game that encourages constant movement and scavenging, mirroring the 'keep moving' philosophy of the seed game.

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: Post-apocalyptic 53%, Management 21.3%, Crafting 15.6%, Side Scroller 7.4%, Horror 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A resource-management survival game that focuses on the daily struggles of keeping a family alive within a confined, post-apocalyptic shelter.

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 35%, Post-apocalyptic 30.1%, Survival Horror 20%, Horror 10%, Action 5%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven survival game features deep scavenging mechanics and a focus on character relationships during a zombie outbreak.

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 29.2%, Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Colony Sim 25.3%, Management 14%, Atmospheric 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that allows you to scavenge real-world locations, providing a unique scale to the zombie survival experience.

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 19.2%, 2.5D 16.8%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic side-scrolling platformer that captures the dark, atmospheric horror of navigating a zombie-filled landscape.

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 68.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Horror 6.3%, Survival Horror 5.7%, Action 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that focuses on the social dynamics and base management of a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 32%, Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Crafting 19.4%, 2.5D 16.6%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game with deep mechanics for scavenging, crafting, and maintaining your character's health in a zombie-filled world.

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

Why similar: Perma Death 22.5%, Zombies 20.6%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival management game that focuses on the journey and the difficult decisions required to keep a group moving through dangerous territory.

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 31%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Crafting 18.8%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that emphasizes scavenging and base building with a focus on realistic survival mechanics.

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 50.1%, 2.5D 24.1%, Horror 9%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Story Rich 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox zombie survival game that focuses on exploration and base defense in a hostile urban environment.

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: Colony Sim 47.5%, Post-apocalyptic 34.6%, Management 14.6%, Horror 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original's resource management and base-building mechanics with added depth to faction interactions and survival systems.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Multiple Endings 14%, Horror 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it provides an unparalleled sense of atmospheric horror and survival tension that matches the seed game's tone.

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 68.2%, Crafting 26.7%, Action 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a blend of crafting, base building, and combat that focuses on the core loop of surviving against the undead.

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: Colony Sim 46.3%, Post-apocalyptic 41.5%, Management 9.8%, Atmospheric 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A colony management game that focuses on rebuilding society after a global catastrophe, requiring careful planning and resource allocation.

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 39.4%, Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 13%, PvE 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival horror game that emphasizes atmospheric tension and the difficulty of surviving against overwhelming odds.

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 53.7%, Post-apocalyptic 37.1%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that incorporates base building and survival elements as you attempt to reclaim territory from the infected.

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 48.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Survival Horror 9.9%, Perma Death 8.8%, Crafting 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original classic that established the group-management and base-building formula for the zombie survival genre.

'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 43.1%, Crafting 29%, Survival Horror 27.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world exploration with tower defense mechanics to survive nightly waves of zombies.

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 90.7%, Action 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic survival management game that uses randomized events to test your decision-making skills under pressure.

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 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 26.5%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Management 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%

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: Perma Death 52.9%, Management 22.3%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Crafting 7.1%, Choices Matter 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A complex survival management game that emphasizes character relationships, base building, and the consequences of every decision.

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 54.2%, Post-apocalyptic 34%, PvE 9.2%, Action 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on the tension of scavenging and combat in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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 34%, Management 25.9%, Crafting 22.8%, Zombies 11%, Horror 6.2%

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 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Crafting 16.1%, Horror 10%

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 42.9%, Post-apocalyptic 31.3%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game with a distinct art style that focuses on building a secure base and managing resources to survive.

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 25.4%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.8%

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

Why similar: Zombies 57.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival Horror 6.9%, Horror 5.1%, Action 4.7%

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 38.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29.9%, Crafting 15.4%, Horror 12.4%, Action 4.1%

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 27.3%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%

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 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Stealth 15.2%, Perma Death 15.2%

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 36.2%, Post-apocalyptic 32.3%, PvE 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Action 5.1%

Can you survive a zombie apocalypse? Day Zero is a text-based survival game where choices determine fate and ethical and moral decisions matter. Every choice shapes the story. Are you ready to test your limits in a zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Zombies 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Horror 12%

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: Colony Sim 28.7%, Zombies 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Management 10.4%, Survival Horror 10.3%

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 89.9%, Action 10.1%

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: Colony Sim 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Stealth 16.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%

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 35.2%, Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, PvE 17.2%, Horror 16.3%, Action 4.9%

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: Post-apocalyptic 36.2%, Zombies 27.4%, Crafting 14.4%, Horror 7.5%, Side Scroller 6.4%

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 53.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Perma Death 15%, Action 10.2%

The masked protagonist must escape the city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Use stealth to scavenge food, or kill everything in your path. Nurture your mental health or descend into madness. How you survive is up to you.

Why similar: Stealth 17.1%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%

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 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Survival Horror 21.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Story Rich 7.8%

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 32.8%, Post-apocalyptic 29%, Crafting 27%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Action 3.8%

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 42.1%, Post-apocalyptic 37.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Action 7.4%, Survival Horror 3.2%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 48.9%, Post-apocalyptic 27.5%, Crafting 13.8%, Management 9.9%

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 35.8%, 2.5D 32.9%, Crafting 25.2%, Action 6.1%

Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, Zombies 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Management 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%

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: Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Zombies 22.3%, Crafting 19.5%, Horror 17.4%, Story Rich 8%

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: Management 45.7%, Crafting 34.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Action 7%

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 21%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Crafting 12.4%

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: Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Crafting 20.2%, 2.5D 20%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%

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 34.9%, Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Crafting 17.8%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Action 3.5%

Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 49.3%, Perma Death 17.7%, Action 17.4%, Survival Horror 15.6%

"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 28.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Crafting 19.6%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Atmospheric 6.2%

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 24.6%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Stealth 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Horror 10.6%