- #1 Killing Floor
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 68,364 reviews2009
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
Why similar: Zombies 18.8%, FPS 12.3%, Co-op 10.9%, Online Co-Op 8%, Survival 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The original built the same perk-based wave survival loop, trader breaks, and brutally satisfying Zed dismemberment that define Killing Floor 2.
- #2 Killing Floor 3
96% matchMixed47% of 19,621 reviews2025
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 18.3%, FPS 13.2%, Co-op 11.6%, Gore 11.1%, Survival Horror 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it keeps the class-based co-op Zed slaying and gore-heavy gunplay while modernizing the formula.
- #3 Left 4 Dead 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,024,556 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 97.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 29.6%, Co-op 9.8%, FPS 8.9%, Online Co-Op 7%, Moddable 6.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: It delivers elite co-op FPS action against special infected and huge hordes with the same frantic team-survival energy.
- #4 Back 4 Blood
95% matchMixed69% of 72,160 reviews2021
Dev: Turtle Rock StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 43.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.6%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, FPS 9.8%, Gore 9.3%, Co-op 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This modern Left 4 Dead-style shooter adds progression and build customization to a very similar zombie-focused co-op formula.
- #5 World War Z
94% matchVery Positive83% of 30,228 reviews2021
Dev: Saber Interactive Inc
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 27.8%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Co-op 9.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Survival Horror 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: If you want co-op undead slaughter on an even bigger swarm scale, it offers relentless team shooting against enormous zombie floods.
- #6 Sker Ritual
94% matchVery Positive82% of 5,864 reviews2024
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An intense round-based zombie survival FPS, play solo or co-op. Shoot your way through relentless waves of vicious horrors with high-octane objectives, upgrading steampunk weapons, collecting Celtic God powers, and surviving the onslaught of the Quiet Ones.
Why similar: Zombies 14.3%, Co-op 13.3%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, FPS 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its round-based co-op survival, perk systems, boss waves, and horror atmosphere make it one of the closest non-Killing Floor alternatives on Steam.
- #7 Zombie Army 4: Dead War
93% matchVery Positive86% of 10,651 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 32%, Co-op 15%, Gore 14.1%, Shooter 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This co-op undead shooter leans into gore, special enemies, and arcade-style horde clearing much like Killing Floor 2.
- #8 Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
92% matchVery Positive85% of 226,657 reviews2015
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 22.2 hrsMean: 98.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
Why similar: Zombies 27.2%, FPS 17.2%, Multiplayer 17%, Co-op 11.3%, Shooter 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its Zombies mode scratches the same round-based co-op itch with perks, escalating waves, weapon upgrades, and panic-filled clutch moments.
- #9 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 130,870 reviews2022
Dev: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 24.3 hrsMean: 101.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
Why similar: Team-Based 17.9%, Zombies 14.9%, Hack and Slash 11.8%, FPS 9.8%, Co-op 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same squad-based PvE pressure, brutal elite enemies, and loadout-driven combat in a darker sci-fi setting.
- #10 Left 4 Dead
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 66,127 reviews2008
Dev: Valve
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 26.5%, Co-op 10.6%, FPS 9.3%, Team-Based 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original still nails the same infected-co-op tension and special-enemy chaos, just in a leaner package than its sequel.
- #11 Warhammer: Vermintide 2
90% matchVery Positive85% of 145,447 reviews2018
Dev: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 48.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
Why similar: Co-op 18.4%, Hack and Slash 16.5%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Gore 15.3%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: Swap guns for more melee focus and you still get a class-based co-op horde game built around specials, waves, and team synergy.
- #12 No More Room in Hell 2
89% matchMixed48% of 17,994 reviews2024
Dev: Torn Banner Studios
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 18.1%, Online Co-Op 12%, Survival Horror 11%, Co-op 9.6%, FPS 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is a harsher, more survival-leaning take on online co-op zombie fighting that keeps the dread and teamwork front and center.
- #13 Aliens: Fireteam Elite
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 26,362 reviews2021
Dev: Cold Iron Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Why similar: Co-op 16.6%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Survival 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its class kits, choke-point defense, and nonstop xenomorph swarms feel very close to a sci-fi version of Killing Floor.
- #14 GTFO
88% matchVery Positive84% of 65,286 reviews2021
Dev: 10 Chambers
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 13.3%, FPS 10.2%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Co-op 10%, Team-Based 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It pushes the horror and coordination much harder, but the core appeal of tense co-op FPS runs against lethal mutant mobs is very similar.
- #15 Deep Rock Galactic
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 372,881 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 75.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Why similar: Co-op 23.2%, FPS 18.5%, Shooter 11.9%, Survival 10.4%, First-Person 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: While less horror-themed, its class-based co-op shooting, swarm defenses, and strong teamwork appeal to the same players as Killing Floor 2.
- #16 No More Room in Hell
87% matchVery Positive90% of 75,677 reviews2013
Dev: No More Room in Hell TeamPub: Lever Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
Why similar: Zombies 27.7%, Survival 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Co-op 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: If you like the zombie theme but want a slower, more survival-heavy co-op FPS, this remains a strong fit.
- #17 Dead Island 2
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 23,672 reviews2024
Dev: Dambuster StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 18.3%, Co-op 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Gore 12.5%, FPS 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is a gorier, more loot-driven co-op zombie action game that shares Killing Floor 2's love of messy close-range carnage.
- #18 Dying Light
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 482,438 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 60.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 17%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Gore 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person combat, gore, co-op play, and infected-filled world make it a strong pick if you want more mobility and exploration.
- #19 Earthfall
86% matchMixed65% of 2,293 reviews2018
Dev: Holospark
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.2%, FPS 16.1%, Co-op 15.3%, Gore 10.2%, Shooter 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is essentially a Left 4 Dead-style co-op horde shooter with specials, defensive holds, and straightforward team gunplay.
- #20 Contagion
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,669 reviews2013
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 19%, Moddable 17.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Survival Horror 8.7%, FPS 8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a grounded co-op zombie FPS with limited resources, tense encounters, and a more serious survival-horror tone.
- #21 Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 21,366 reviews2015
Dev: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Vermintide is an epic co-operative action combat adventure set in the End Times of the iconic Warhammer Fantasy world.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.6%, Co-op 15.4%, Gore 14.9%, FPS 10%, Hack and Slash 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The first Vermintide delivers the same team-versus-hordes structure as Killing Floor 2, just with ratmen and a heavier melee emphasis.
- #22 Zombie Army Trilogy
82% matchVery Positive86% of 18,337 reviews2015
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
Why similar: Zombies 33.5%, Co-op 11.1%, Gore 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes co-op shooting, undead hordes, and frequent special enemies in a pulpy arcade package.
- #23 Codename CURE
82% matchVery Positive85% of 16,490 reviews2017
Dev: Raptor Byte
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Codename CURE is a first person, co-operative zombie game with support for up to five players, providing dynamic, fast-paced zombie fragging with both objective, and survival-based missions.
Why similar: Zombies 15.8%, Moddable 15.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Survival Horror 9%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: As a free co-op zombie FPS, it offers class-based teamwork and objective survival that overlap nicely with Killing Floor's appeal.
- #24 Blood and Bacon
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 35,704 reviews2016
Dev: Big CorporationPub: Grunge Games LTD
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Why similar: Gore 21.5%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, FPS 12.3%, Co-op 10.8%, Shooter 10%
Why You'll Like It: Despite the sillier theme, it's a straightforward co-op wave shooter built around surviving escalating enemy attacks.
- #25 HELLDIVERS™ 2
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,121,275 reviews2024
Dev: Arrowhead Game StudiosPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 44.4 hrsMean: 100.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.1%, Co-op 16.9%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Shooter 13.8%, Gore 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Though third-person and less horror-focused, its co-op swarm battles, loadout building, and constant pressure scratch a similar team-PvE itch.
- #26 Strange Brigade
81% matchVery Positive84% of 11,138 reviews2018
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!
Why similar: Zombies 25.7%, Co-op 18.8%, Online Co-Op 17.7%, Shooter 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This four-player co-op shooter pits you against supernatural hordes with traps, ultimates, and breezy arcade pacing.
- #27 SAS: Zombie Assault 4
79% matchVery Positive86% of 9,502 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.
Why similar: Zombies 34.8%, Co-op 13.5%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Shooter 9.2%, Survival 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Even from a top-down view, it captures the same perked-up co-op wave-defense loop against giant zombie crowds.
- #28 Dead Effect 2
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,287 reviews2016
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.Pub: App Holdings
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, FPS 13.9%, Co-op 13.4%, Survival 9.9%, Gore 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This FPS/RPG hybrid mixes horror corridors, grotesque enemies, and lots of gun-based PvE combat.
- #29 RIPOUT
78% matchMixed61% of 1,205 reviews2024
Dev: Pet Project GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.7%, FPS 15.1%, Survival 10.5%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers co-op sci-fi horror runs against mutated swarms with a fast, aggressive FPS feel.
- #30 Resident Evil 5
79% matchVery Positive87% of 59,383 reviews2009
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Zombies 25.5%, Co-op 17.5%, Online Co-Op 15%, Survival Horror 8.4%, Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its co-op campaign emphasizes infected firefights, ammo management, and boss-heavy action for players who want a more cinematic spin on the formula.
- #31 Zombie Panic! Source
77% matchVery Positive85% of 7,823 reviews2008
Dev: Zombie Panic! Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification.
Why similar: Zombies 24.9%, Survival 9%, Multiplayer 8.1%, FPS 7.5%, Online Co-Op 7.3%
- #32 Dead Frontier 2
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 27,956 reviews2019
Dev: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.
Why similar: Zombies 18.9%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Gore 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.3%
- #33 Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2
76% matchVery Positive85% of 4,163 reviews2013
Pub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
** Please note: a remastered and improved edition of this game is now available in Zombie Army Trilogy.**Experience a terrifyingly intense co-op campaign for up to four players in this gut-wrenching sequel to Steam best-seller, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army.
Why similar: Zombies 40.3%, Co-op 14.9%, Gore 7.3%, Horror 5.7%, Online Co-Op 5.7%
- #34 Dead by Daylight
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 888,188 reviews2016
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 34.4 hrsMean: 355.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Team-Based 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Gore 8.7%
- #35 Killing Floor: Incursion
77% matchMixed50% of 1,049 reviews2017
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Killing Floor: Incursion is a fully-realized, multi-hour, story-driven adventure with an additional endless mode. In solo or co-op mode, travel diverse environments, from creepy farmhouses to the catacombs of Paris, in order to uncover who... or what is behind the Zed menace.
Why similar: Zombies 16.3%, Gore 14.7%, FPS 10%, Co-op 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
- #36 BrainBread 2
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 5,198 reviews2022
Dev: Reperio Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Grab a weapon, demolish your enemies, level up, become more powerful, let the gore flow, let the limbs fly. BrainBread 2 introduces a zombie fps mixed with RPG / Arcade elements, the game is very action-packed and generally fast-paced.
Why similar: Zombies 26.5%, FPS 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Gore 11%, Survival 10.5%
- #37 Dead Rising® 2
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,593 reviews2010
Dev: Capcom VancouverPub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.5%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Co-op 13.1%, Gore 10.6%, Survival 7.1%
- #38 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
73% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 28.7%, Survival 18.4%, Co-op 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Online Co-Op 10.8%
- #39 Dead Island Definitive Edition
74% matchVery Positive82% of 27,187 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 28.7%, Co-op 12.3%, Survival 10.3%, Gore 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #40 7 Days to Die
69% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.7%, Survival 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, FPS 10.3%
- #41 Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army
73% matchVery Positive88% of 4,674 reviews2013
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
** Please note: a remastered and improved edition of this game is now available in Zombie Army Trilogy.**Featuring a co-op campaign for 1 to 4 players, Nazi Zombie Army is a horrifying new stand-alone expansion of the award-winning Sniper Elite series.
Why similar: Zombies 39.7%, Co-op 12.7%, Gore 9.1%, FPS 6.4%, Online Co-Op 5.8%
- #42 Ravenous Horde
71% matchMixed53% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: Vector Interactive
Windows
Team up with 64 players to fight off the horde of zombies in this post-apocalyptic FPS or join the horde against the living! Turn on your teammates and tear them apart. Level up and unlock new weapons, perks, clothing options and more! Equip your favourite loadout and join the fight!
Why similar: Zombies 16.1%, Gore 10.5%, FPS 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Co-op 9.2%
- #43 The Darkness II
73% matchVery Positive92% of 20,649 reviews2012
Dev: Digital ExtremesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
Why similar: FPS 24.5%, Gore 24%, Co-op 10.7%, Shooter 9.8%, Horror 7.6%
- #44 Hunt: Showdown 1896
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 268,980 reviews2019
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 177.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a new era of the addictively unforgiving extraction shooter. In corrupted backwaters lost to history, fight back alone – or with friends – against timeless evil. Twisted monsters and other ruthless Hunters stand between you and your Bounty. Risk everything as Hunt consumes you
Why similar: Team-Based 17.4%, Zombies 11.3%, FPS 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Survival Horror 9.4%
- #45 Counter-Strike Nexon
72% matchMixed67% of 43,059 reviews2014
Dev: ValvePub: NEXON
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Counter-Strike Nexon is a Free to Play MMOFPS offering competitive PvP and PvE action including content from the original Counter-Strike and all new game modes, map creation function, weapons, and hordes of Zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 23.5%, FPS 15.1%, Co-op 9.1%, Shooter 6.9%, Gore 6.8%
- #46 Dead Effect
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,752 reviews2014
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
Why similar: Zombies 28.3%, FPS 17.1%, Gore 9.6%, Horror 8.2%, Survival 7.5%
- #47 Ultimate Zombie Defense 2
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 677 reviews2025
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
4-player co-op, zombie slaying, base building, boss battling mayhem! Cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses in Ultimate Zombie Defense 2!
Why similar: Zombies 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Team-Based 12.4%
- #48 Shadow Warrior 2
70% matchVery Positive87% of 27,938 reviews2016
Dev: Flying Wild HogPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter starring the brash warrior Lo Wang, who must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world.
Why similar: Gore 21.3%, FPS 16.8%, Hack and Slash 16.1%, Co-op 15.8%, Multiplayer 10%
- #49 Painkiller Hell & Damnation
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,298 reviews2012
Dev: The Farm 51Pub: Prime Matter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.
Why similar: FPS 23.5%, Gore 18.9%, Co-op 14.3%, Horror 8.8%, Action 8.2%
- #50 John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,386 reviews2026
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Pick a character and team up with three friends ‘cause it’s time to save the world. Experience intense FPS action as you obliterate hordes of terrifying monsters! You may not be on the best team of mercenaries, but you are… a Toxic Commando!
Why similar: Zombies 20.7%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Team-Based 11.9%, FPS 11.9%, Shooter 8.8%
- #51 After the Fall®
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,055 reviews2021
Dev: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
Why similar: Zombies 19.5%, Gore 14.2%, Co-op 12.8%, FPS 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%
- #52 HALF DEAD 2
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,239 reviews2019
Dev: Room710Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Go through deadly rooms of multi-storey building. Team up with other players and make your way through traps with a friendly team (CO-OP)! Or take a weapon and kill them all in the PvP game mode!
Why similar: Gore 25.9%, Survival 20.1%, Co-op 19.2%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.2%
- #53 Last Year
70% matchMixed62% of 9,749 reviews2019
Dev: Undaunted Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.
Why similar: Co-op 14.8%, Gore 13.9%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Team-Based 13.3%, Multiplayer 12.1%
- #54 UNLOVED
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,106 reviews2016
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Based on the community award-winning Doom2 mod with the same name by the same creator, UNLOVED is reimagined in the Unreal Engine 4 to bring forth the unspeakable terror in new ways. Play coop with your friends, increase your skills, mod your weapons and face the horror that this unearthly place holds...
Why similar: Gore 22.6%, FPS 14.2%, Co-op 11.9%, Horror 10.9%, Survival Horror 9%
- #55 Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 12,591 reviews2016
Dev: TechlandPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 27.1%, Gore 14.4%, Co-op 13.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Survival 8.7%
- #56 Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
68% matchVery Positive83% of 65,320 reviews2012
Dev: Torn Banner Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles
Why similar: Gore 26.8%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Team-Based 13.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Hack and Slash 8.8%
- #57 Cry of Fear
67% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 19.8%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Co-op 12.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Zombies 8.9%
- #58 Resident Evil Revelations 2
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,758 reviews2015
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.
Why similar: Zombies 26.9%, Survival Horror 15%, Horror 10.2%, Co-op 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #59 Zedfest
65% matchVery Positive89% of 216 reviews2023
Dev: Diagrammet AB
Windows
Zedfest is the goriest game show ever created! A hardcore 6 player co-op third-person shooter with the goal to complete objectives while neutralizing Zeds with lots and lots of visceral gore.
Why similar: Gore 27.5%, Zombies 14.5%, Team-Based 12.3%, Co-op 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9.1%