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 49.4%, Co-op 12.1%, FPS 9.1%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Online Co-Op 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the direct evolution of Left 4 Dead's formula, with more campaigns, more special infected, melee weapons, and even stronger four-player co-op pacing.

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

Why similar: Zombies 40.9%, Co-op 11.2%, FPS 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Made by the original Left 4 Dead creators, it closely follows the same four-player campaign structure, special enemy pressure, and frantic horde-shooter feel.

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 48.6%, Co-op 11.9%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, FPS 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player mission structure, giant zombie swarms, and emphasis on squad coordination make it one of the closest modern alternatives.

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 46.1%, Co-op 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.1%, FPS 7%, Online Co-Op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a harsher, more horror-focused version of co-op zombie survival with teamwork, limited resources, and deadly infected encounters.

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 22%, FPS 19.1%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Zombies 14%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the most direct Left 4 Dead-style games on Steam, swapping zombies for aliens but keeping linear co-op campaigns, swarms, and special enemies.

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 26.5%, Co-op 10.6%, FPS 9.3%, Team-Based 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is more wave-based than campaign-driven, but it nails the same frantic co-op FPS combat against overwhelming mutant hordes.

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

Why similar: Zombies 35.4%, Co-op 15.1%, FPS 14.1%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Online Co-Op 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: The original Killing Floor shares Left 4 Dead's zombie-co-op DNA with tense survival gunplay and team-based horde management.

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%, Co-op 12.4%, FPS 10.6%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, Shooter 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This free co-op zombie FPS is built around class roles, objective-based maps, and escaping infected-heavy scenarios with your team.

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 38.9%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Multiplayer 16.5%, FPS 14.1%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Though melee-focused, it mirrors Left 4 Dead's rhythm of pushing through levels, surviving hordes, and prioritizing dangerous special enemies as a team.

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 31.6%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Shooter 12.8%, Horror 11.9%, Survival 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its mission-based co-op shooting, swarm-heavy battles, and elite enemy types capture a lot of the same squad-survival tension.

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 18.6%, Co-op 16.4%, FPS 13.9%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Multiplayer 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is slower and far more punishing, but the four-player dependence, horror atmosphere, and constant need for communication feel very Left 4 Dead-adjacent.

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 39.5%, Co-op 12.1%, FPS 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 6.4%, Moddable 6.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: It takes the co-op zombie FPS formula in a more realistic and punishing direction, emphasizing infection risk, scarcity, and tension.

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 55.5%, Co-op 13.6%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Horror 4.8%, Survival 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers campaign-based co-op against zombie hordes with a stronger emphasis on precision shooting and defensive play.

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 51.9%, Co-op 18%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Shooter 8.7%, Horror 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player co-op campaigns, undead swarms, and set-piece-heavy action make it a strong fit for players who want more organized zombie blasting.

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 33.6%, Co-op 16.2%, Team-Based 13.9%, FPS 13.5%, Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This class-based co-op horde shooter recreates the pressure of huge mobs and disabling specials in a grim, high-intensity setting.

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 42.9%, FPS 11.6%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Horror 8.1%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person co-op, close-quarters zombie combat, and desperate survival tone appeal to the same players even though it is more open-ended.

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

Why similar: Co-op 28.8%, Online Co-Op 20.6%, FPS 15.4%, Multiplayer 13.4%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: The first Vermintide is essentially a fantasy take on Left 4 Dead, with four-player runs, elite disablers, and relentless hordes.

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 27.9%, Co-op 19.3%, FPS 11%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: It scratches a similar co-op horror-shooter itch with special enemies, wave survival, and a strong focus on surviving escalating chaos together.

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 48.3%, Co-op 15.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%, FPS 6.7%, Survival 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It trades linear campaigns for an open-world RPG structure, but still delivers co-op first-person zombie survival and visceral melee combat.

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 35%, Co-op 13.8%, FPS 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This follow-up keeps the brutal co-op zombie-survival focus, emphasizing communication, tension, and high-stakes PvE encounters.

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 36.9%, FPS 24.4%, Shooter 11%, Survival 8%, Horror 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is not horror-themed, but its four-player teamwork, class synergy, and overwhelming swarms make it a great co-op substitute.

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 47.6%, Co-op 17.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Survival 5.5%, Horror 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Dead Island, it offers cooperative first-person zombie action with scavenging, survival pressure, and lots of infected to carve through.

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

Why similar: Zombies 47.6%, Co-op 19.4%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Horror 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op campaigns are more cinematic and action-heavy, but they still offer infected-filled runs and coordinated survival shooting.

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 27.8%, Co-op 16.5%, FPS 14.4%, Team-Based 11.3%, Moddable 8.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi co-op shooter clearly draws from Left 4 Dead with its AI director, special enemy design, and team-focused campaign flow.

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 41.2%, FPS 11.4%, Survival 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Online Co-Op 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: While far more sandbox-driven, its first-person co-op zombie survival can still scratch the same group-versus-the-undead itch.

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 47.8%, Co-op 13.8%, Survival 11%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Online Co-Op 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is much more systemic and open-ended, but the co-op survival loop and dangerous special zombies give it meaningful overlap.

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 48.9%, FPS 18%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Horror 6.8%, Shooter 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a more straightforward sci-fi zombie FPS that echoes Left 4 Dead's claustrophobic shooting and horde pressure on a smaller scale.

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 39%, Co-op 21%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Shooter 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is lighter and more pulpy, but the four-player mission structure and undead horde fights make it a solid thematic match.

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 38%, Co-op 16.5%, FPS 14.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Horror 7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a sci-fi corridor shooter with co-op, mutant hordes, and a similar sense of being trapped and overwhelmed in hostile spaces.

Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

Why similar: Zombies 68.1%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Co-op 7.9%, Survival 4.6%, Action 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is top-down instead of first-person, but its co-op slaughter of giant zombie swarms overlaps with Left 4 Dead on pure horde-survival intensity.

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

Why similar: Zombies 43.6%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Co-op 9.1%, FPS 8%, Survival 5.7%

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 36.5%, Zombies 27.1%, Shooter 8.4%, Multiplayer 6%, Action 5.5%

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

Why similar: Zombies 49.2%, Co-op 13.3%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Horror 8.9%, Survival 4.6%

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 38.1%, Co-op 17.9%, FPS 16.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Shooter 7.2%

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 33.8%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Moddable 15.3% ★, Shooter 13.2%, First-Person 7.4%

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 42.5%, FPS 16.6%, Co-op 12.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%, 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 33.8%, FPS 31.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Action 10.4%, Singleplayer 5.7%

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 51.9%, Co-op 14.8%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Shooter 5.9%, Online Co-Op 5%

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 42.8%, FPS 17.7%, Multiplayer 11%, Co-op 7.4%, Shooter 6.4%

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

Why similar: FPS 26.7%, Shooter 22.4%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Team-Based 13.7%, Action 5.5%

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 62.7%, Co-op 14%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Survival 5.2%, Online Co-Op 4.7%

** 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 59.1%, Co-op 13.9%, FPS 5.8%, Multiplayer 5.2%, Online Co-Op 3.6%

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

Why similar: Co-op 38.5%, FPS 33.4%, First-Person 10.4%, Action 7%, Female Protagonist 5.4%

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

Why similar: FPS 28.6%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Co-op 11.7%, Horror 11.6%, Shooter 8.9%

** 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 58.5%, Co-op 16%, Multiplayer 4.9%, Horror 3.9%, FPS 3.6%

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 37.8%, Co-op 14.5%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Team-Based 11.6%, Online Co-Op 10.4%

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 60.1%, Co-op 14.7%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Survival 3.9%

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 42.7%, Co-op 21.7%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Horror 6.7%

Sven Co-op is a co-operative game originally based around Valve Software's Half-Life. In this game players must work together against computer controlled enemies and solve puzzles as a team.

Why similar: Co-op 19.8%, FPS 16.7%, Team-Based 15.3%, Online Co-Op 13%, Shooter 8.3%

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 41.3%, Multiplayer 23.4%, Shooter 12.8%, Action 12.7%, First-Person 5.7%

Relive Half-Life.

Why similar: Zombies 36%, FPS 26%, Shooter 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Horror 6.6%

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%, Co-op 12.2%, FPS 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Survival 8.4%

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 34.7%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Action 12.8%, Shooter 9.7%, Co-op 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 48.7%, Co-op 13.4%, Horror 11.3%, Online Co-Op 6.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%

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 34.5%, Co-op 14.5%, FPS 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 5.7%

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 24.8%, Co-op 24.3%, Horror 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Zombies 8.2%