Games Like Left 4 Dead

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 49.9%, Co-op 11.7%, FPS 9.3%, Multiplayer 6%, Online Co-Op 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It directly expands Left 4 Dead’s four-player campaign formula with more survivors, campaigns, special infected, weapons, and an enormous mod scene.

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 41.7%, FPS 11.1%, Co-op 10.9%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Made by key Left 4 Dead veterans, it modernizes the co-op zombie-campaign structure with card builds, special Ridden, and replayable director-driven runs.

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 49.2%, Co-op 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, FPS 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its chapter-based co-op missions and spectacular swarms of hundreds of zombies capture Left 4 Dead’s desperate hold-the-line energy from a third-person view.

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: Co-op 21.6%, FPS 19.7%, Zombies 14.3%, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Shooter 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a particularly close four-player campaign shooter built around traversing levels while alien hordes and special enemies disrupt the team.

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 26.9%, Co-op 10.3%, FPS 9.5%, Team-Based 8.5%, Online Co-Op 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its class-based six-player co-op and escalating waves of grotesque specimens deliver a more arena-focused version of zombie-horde teamwork.

Battle for survival against endless alien hordes with your friends! The Anacrusis is a first-person shooter that dynamically adjusts difficulty to you. Experience intense 1-4 player co-op action or play as the aliens and stop your friends in 1-8 player Versus mode. Full Steam Workshop support!

Why similar: Zombies 28.2%, Co-op 16%, FPS 14.6%, Team-Based 11%, Moddable 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A four-player sci-fi co-op shooter explicitly built around replayable campaigns, swarming enemies, and special alien threats fills a very similar niche.

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: Zombies 35.9%, Co-op 14.6%, FPS 14.4%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Online Co-Op 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: The original Killing Floor delivers a rougher but still highly effective co-op FPS loop of defending against increasingly dangerous mutant waves.

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 46.7%, Co-op 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.9%, FPS 7.1%, Survival 6%

Why You'll Like It: This free co-op zombie survival game slows the pace down but preserves the tense teamwork, scarce resources, and dangerous infected encounters.

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 31.3%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Shooter 13.4%, Horror 12%, Survival 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Three-player missions through hostile corridors, class synergy, elite enemy types, and frequent xenomorph rushes make it an excellent co-op survival shooter alternative.

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 38.4%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Multiplayer 16.3%, FPS 14.6%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It translates Left 4 Dead’s run-based squad campaigns and director-like hordes into brutal first-person melee-and-ranged combat.

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: Zombies 19.1%, Co-op 15.9%, FPS 14.4%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a much harsher, more tactical take on co-op horror shooting, requiring communication and careful execution when enemy hordes awaken.

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: Zombies 39.2%, Co-op 19%, FPS 16.6%, Horror 8.2%, Shooter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This four-player co-op FPS emphasizes class roles, oppressive atmosphere, specials that punish isolated players, and massive close-quarters hordes.

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 56.1%, Co-op 13.2%, Multiplayer 7%, Horror 4.8%, Shooter 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player campaigns mix sniping, chokepoints, and huge Nazi-zombie waves into a slower but similarly cooperative undead shooter.

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 51.8%, Co-op 18.1%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Shooter 8.7%, Horror 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op campaign shooter pairs undead hordes, elite zombie variants, traps, and defensive set pieces in a pulpier third-person format.

Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification.

Why similar: Zombies 44.6%, Co-op 9%, Multiplayer 9%, FPS 8.3%, Horror 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op survival modes and PvP zombie tension provide a classic Source-engine alternative for players who enjoy Left 4 Dead’s undead chaos.

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 37.6%, Co-op 12.1%, FPS 10.7%, Online Co-Op 7.4%, Shooter 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This free four-player co-op FPS is a straightforward Left 4 Dead-inspired zombie campaign game with classes, objectives, and special infected-like threats.

Tear through endless waves of supernatural enemies in this co-op horror horde shooter. Play solo or with up to 4 players, unleash god-like Miracle powers, supercharge your arsenal, and survive devastating boss encounters on Sker Island.

Why similar: Zombies 28.5%, Co-op 18.8%, FPS 11.3%, Online Co-Op 8%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op first-person wave survival, supernatural monsters, perk upgrades, and compact maps suit players who enjoy fighting overwhelming undead groups together.

Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Co-op 27%, FPS 22%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Multiplayer 11%, Shooter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player first-person missions through claustrophobic corridors and relentless Genestealer swarms strongly evoke Left 4 Dead’s pressure and pacing.

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 43.5%, FPS 11.8%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Horror 8%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world co-op zombie game trades linear campaigns for parkour and exploration while retaining terrifying night encounters and frantic group survival.

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 39.7%, Co-op 11.8%, FPS 10.3%, Moddable 6.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers tense cooperative zombie scenarios with limited supplies, vulnerable teammates, and a more grounded survival-horror interpretation of the formula.

Vermintide is an epic co-operative action combat adventure set in the End Times of the iconic Warhammer Fantasy world.

Why similar: Co-op 28.5%, Online Co-Op 19.9%, FPS 16.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original Vermintide already had the essential Left 4 Dead-style structure of four heroes fighting through linear levels against specials and hordes.

Starship Troopers: Extermination is an up to 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!

Why similar: Co-op 24.2%, FPS 22.4%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Shooter 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Large-scale squad battles against swarming insect enemies deliver the same satisfying panic of being overrun, with a greater focus on objectives and fortification.

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 49%, Co-op 15%, Multiplayer 8.9%, FPS 6.7%, Survival 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player co-op quests, zombie-filled environments, and loot-driven melee combat offer a more open-world vacation-horror variation on the premise.

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

Why similar: Zombies 47.8%, Co-op 19.1%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Horror 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Multiple co-op action-horror campaigns, frequent infected swarms, and spectacle-heavy encounters make it a good fit for players who value cooperative zombie action.

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 41.1%, Co-op 22.1%, FPS 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Horror 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op zombie combat is more open-ended and melee-heavy, but its satisfying infected dismemberment and mission-based play suit groups wanting a lighter survival tone.

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 43.1%, Co-op 21.6%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Horror 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its two-player campaign is built around constant partner coordination, ammunition sharing, monster ambushes, and action-horror set pieces.

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 36.1%, FPS 25%, Shooter 11.3%, Survival 8%, Horror 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although its enemies are alien bugs rather than zombies, its class-driven four-player expeditions, huge swarms, and superb team rescue moments are a natural fit.

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: FPS 27.7%, Online Co-Op 20.5%, Horror 14.1%, Shooter 12.4%, Survival 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op sci-fi horror FPS sends squads into procedurally assembled missions where mutated enemies and limited resources create sustained pressure.

The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

Why similar: Co-op 32.3%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Shooter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op third-person missions feature punishing enemy waves, dangerous elite foes, and replayable runs, albeit in a soulslike sci-fi-fantasy setting.

Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.

Why similar: FPS 31.5%, Co-op 28.4%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It replaces zombies with aliens but excels at four-player FPS campaigns built around spectacularly huge hordes and nonstop cooperative firepower.

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 36.7%, Co-op 13.1%, FPS 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.

Why similar: FPS 36.6%, Zombies 27.2%, Shooter 8.5%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Action 5.5%

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

Why similar: FPS 34.2%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Moddable 15.5%, Shooter 13.4%, First-Person 7.2%

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 48.3%, Co-op 17.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Survival 5.5%, Horror 4.5%

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 43%, FPS 16.9%, Co-op 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Horror 5.5%

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: First-Person 33.1%, FPS 32.4%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Action 10.6%, Singleplayer 5.6%

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 38.9%, Co-op 17.2%, FPS 17%, Shooter 7.4%, Multiplayer 7%

RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.

Why similar: Zombies 49.5%, Co-op 13.3%, Multiplayer 11%, Horror 8.8%, Survival 4.6%

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 49.1%, FPS 18.2%, Multiplayer 7%, Horror 6.7%, Shooter 5.6%

The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.

Why similar: Zombies 43.4%, FPS 17.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 7.2%, Shooter 6.5%

Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today!

Why similar: FPS 35.2%, Multiplayer 20.6%, Action 13%, Shooter 9.8%, Co-op 8.1%

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 52.7%, Co-op 14.3%, Multiplayer 12%, Shooter 6%, Online Co-Op 4.8%

Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.

Why similar: FPS 27.1%, Shooter 22.8%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Team-Based 13.3%, Action 5.6%

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Co-op 38.1%, FPS 33.9%, First-Person 10.2%, Action 7.1%, Female Protagonist 5.5%

** 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 59.5%, Co-op 13.5%, FPS 5.9%, Multiplayer 5.1%, Online Co-Op 3.4%

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 63.5%, Co-op 13.6%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Survival 5.2%, Online Co-Op 4.4%

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.

Why similar: FPS 41.7%, Multiplayer 22.7%, Action 13%, Shooter 12.9%, First-Person 5.5%

Take on a city overrun by zombies with 1 to 4 players online — co-op or PvP! Hold the line against running, leaping, spitting hordes. Fight by day, hunt in the dark of night. Tear off limbs and unlock cosmetics with every kill. Stand together... or hunt each other down.

Why similar: Zombies 38.9%, Co-op 13.1%, FPS 12.5%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Multiplayer 6%

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 28.5%, Co-op 11.9%, FPS 10.7%, Survival 8.5%, Online Co-Op 8.1%

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 60.9%, Co-op 14.3%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Survival 3.9%

Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

Why similar: FPS 29.4%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Horror 11.7%, Co-op 11.4%, Shooter 9.1%

** 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 59.1%, Co-op 15.5%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Horror 3.9%, FPS 3.7%

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 48.7%, Co-op 13.3%, Survival 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Online Co-Op 7.1%

With its extensive Tour of Duty campaign, a near-limitless number of skirmish modes, updates and new content for Counter-Strike's award-winning multiplayer game play, plus over 12 bonus single player missions, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a tremendous offering of single and multiplayer content.

Why similar: FPS 34.2%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Shooter 12.9%, Team-Based 9.9%, Action 9.5%

F.E.A.R. 3 delivers all the hallmarks that define the F.E.A.R. brand: terrifying paranormal experience, frenetic combat and a dramatic storyline.

Why similar: FPS 25.5%, Co-op 23.6%, Horror 12.5%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Zombies 8.4%

Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.

Why similar: Zombies 48.6%, Co-op 13.6%, Horror 11.2%, Online Co-Op 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.6%

Relive Half-Life.

Why similar: Zombies 36.1%, FPS 26.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Horror 6.6%