Games Like March of the Living

Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?

Why similar: Perma Death 21.6%, Zombies 17.6%, Survival 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Roguelike 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based zombie roguelite that mirrors the party-based survival and tactical combat found in the seed game.

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 33.3%, Survival 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, RPG 11.1%, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features turn-based combat and deep survival mechanics where every choice impacts the fate of your survivor group.

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 45.7%, Survival 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, RPG 10%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based RPG that focuses on the realistic management of a survivor shelter during a zombie outbreak.

Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.

Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Perma Death 13.5%, Retro 12.1%, Survival 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential road-trip survival game that heavily inspired the genre's focus on managing a group on the move.

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 40.5%, Survival 16.9%, Roguelike 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Roguelite 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the chaotic, road-trip style of zombie survival with a heavy emphasis on party management and difficult choices.

HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.

Why similar: Zombies 34.3%, Survival 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Roguelike 8.5%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A highly tactical, turn-based strategy game that emphasizes the scarcity of resources and the difficulty of keeping survivors alive.

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 30.5%, Survival 20%, Roguelike 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, RPG 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelike that focuses on scavenging and survival mechanics within a city under siege.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Uses the FTL-inspired travel and combat loop in a post-apocalyptic setting, making it a mechanical sibling to the seed game.

DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Survival 34.6%, Perma Death 24.3%, RPG 19.4%, Strategy 15.1%, 2D 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep party management and survival mechanics where you must balance the needs and morale of your group.

Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

Why similar: Zombies 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 14.9%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic colony management with the desperate need to survive against zombie hordes.

Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.

Why similar: Perma Death 26.8%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Roguelike 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that incorporates survival-horror elements and party management in a dark, post-apocalyptic world.

The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Survival 12.7%, Retro 9.1%, Roguelike 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the turn-based survival mechanics of its predecessor with more complex faction and combat systems.

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 34.4%, Survival 17.3%, Perma Death 10.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Roguelike 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game where you manage a small group of survivors through a zombie-infested landscape.

DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries.

Why similar: Survival 59.2%, Strategy 20%, RPG 19.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and interpersonal dynamics of a group stranded in a hostile environment, similar to managing survivors in a crisis.

1 Bit Survivor is a unique blend of turn-based combat and survival horror! Carefully manage your resources to solve procedurally generated combat puzzles. Survive 28 Days and save your Pet Cat from the Zed-pocalpyse!

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.5%, Roguelike 15.2%, Zombies 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Procedural Generation 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, turn-based roguelike that emphasizes the tension of survival and resource management.

Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 21.6%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Survival 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Roguelike 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic, turn-based survival game that focuses on the logistics of securing a safe house and managing a group of survivors.

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

Why similar: Survival 49.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Story Rich 6%

Why You'll Like It: While not about zombies, it is the gold standard for making difficult moral choices while managing a group of survivors in a war-torn environment.

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 27.7%, Roguelite 20.4%, Survival 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Perma Death 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite zombie survival game that emphasizes tactical management and quick, intense decision-making.

Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

Why similar: Zombies 45.8%, Survival 21.5%, Strategy 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Procedural Generation 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game where you control a squad of survivors through procedurally generated environments.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Perma Death 21.2%, Roguelite 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Roguelike 12.5%, Procedural Generation 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the FTL-inspired travel, exploration, and resource management loop with a high level of tactical depth.

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Roguelite 19.8%, Zombies 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, RPG 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that focuses on the management of survivors and the exploration of a post-apocalyptic map.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: RPG 34.4%, Strategy 25.1%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Story Rich 16.5%, 2D 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a caravan management system and narrative-heavy choices that mirror the travel and group survival aspects of the seed game.

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 28%, Perma Death 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 16.1%, Roguelite 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival game that focuses on scavenging and exploration, where death is a constant, expected part of the journey.

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

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

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling survival game that emphasizes base management and the constant threat of zombie swarms.

Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose your adventure-type gameplay, squad-level management, exploration and scavenging, difficult moral choices. Modern-times tribute to Oregon Trail.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.7%, Survival 23.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival game where your choices determine the fate of a group traveling through a collapsed society.

Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

Why similar: Zombies 21%, Roguelite 20.2%, Roguelike 15.5%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, RPG 9%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes turn-based tactics and exploration mechanics that feel very similar to the travel segments of the seed game.

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Why similar: Zombies 18.7%, Perma Death 18.1%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Survival 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic and atmospheric survival game that requires careful management of resources and units to survive the night.

An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.

Why similar: Survival 16.6%, Zombies 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Old School 10.9%, Retro 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on resource management and crafting while trapped in a vertical, zombie-infested environment.

Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead

Why similar: Zombies 48.5%, RPG 16.2%, Survival 12.3%, Survival Horror 11%, Retro 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that incorporates RPG elements and the need to manage a group of survivors.

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Zombies 27.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Roguelike 14.5%, Survival 13.3%, Roguelite 13.3%

Rescue your fellow Hunters, and with their help locate and destroy Dracula!

Why similar: Zombies 28.3%, Perma Death 23.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Roguelike 13%, Survival 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines strategy and tower defense elements to create a unique take on managing survivors against zombie waves.

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Zombies 26.4%, Survival 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Story Rich 5.5%

Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!

Why similar: Zombies 26.7%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Survival 14.8%, Roguelike 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 36%, RPG 14.8%, Survival 14.3%, Roguelite 13.4%, Strategy 11.3%

In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!

Why similar: Zombies 31%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Survival 16.8%, Roguelike 16.3%, RPG 8%

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Survival 25.3%, Zombies 21.8%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Perma Death 11.6%, Roguelike 8.8%

Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...

Why similar: Zombies 39.9%, Survival 21.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, RPG 11%

《Town Of The Dead Life》 is an independent game with the background of eschatology. Players will play the role of one of the few surviving humans in the end of the world, surviving in difficult conditions and trying to change the fate of the world.

Why similar: Zombies 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Survival 15.6%, Roguelite 12.8%, Roguelike 11.3%

Survivors Of The Zombie World is a 3D pixel-style zombie survival game. Survivors fight in a world full of zombies. Your goal is to survive, find food, ammunition, medicine and other supplies on the map and try to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Survival 15.9%, Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 12.1%

DISTRUST is an isometric survival adventure with procedural generation on an Arctic research station lost in the endless dark of a polar night. A story-rich fiction with multiple endings that suits both singleplayer fans and co-op enthusiasts.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.6%, Survival 21.6%, Roguelite 20.8%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Strategy 8.4%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 37.3%, Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, RPG 6.6%

A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Roguelike 24.2%, Roguelite 22.9%, Survival 21.3%, RPG 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%

From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...

Why similar: Zombies 22.3%, Survival Horror 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Survival 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Perma Death 20.8%, Roguelike 13.2%, Procedural Generation 10.1%

A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.

Why similar: Survival Horror 48.6%, Retro 16.1%, Story Rich 12.6%, RPG 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

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 35.2%, Survival Horror 33%, Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Choices Matter 7%, Singleplayer 0.3%

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 24.8%, RPG 17.6%, Strategy 14.4%, Survival 11.2%, Perma Death 9.6%

Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.7%, Zombies 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Survival 15.3%, RPG 8.5%

The God - Forsaken Land is a roguelike survival adventure game that combines the features of Diablo. In this abandoned land of despair, you fend off endless monsters, light a fire in the darkness, and search for that faint glimmer of hope.

Why similar: Zombies 31.8%, Roguelike 28.2%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Combat 7.3%

A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Survival Horror 22.6%, Survival 21.8%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 14.3%

Still Not Dead is a challenging roguelite FPS that merges the fast satisfying gunplay of Doom with open stages, insane weaponry, tactical choice and being pursued by death itself. The unique blessing and curse system, plus unlockable skill skulls set the game apart from everything else.

Why similar: Zombies 35.7%, Roguelite 22.8%, Survival 18.1%, Retro 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!

Why similar: Roguelite 24%, Roguelike 21%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Strategy 9.4%

In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.

Why similar: Survival 22.5%, Roguelite 18.5%, Roguelike 17.6%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Strategy 9.6%

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Why similar: Perma Death 29.8%, Roguelite 18.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Roguelike 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.6%

A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.

Why similar: Zombies 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Survival 14.2%, RPG 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

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

Why similar: Survival 25%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Roguelike 14.8%, Strategy 9.9%

Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!

Why similar: Perma Death 19.3%, Zombies 14.3%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Roguelite 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%

Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!

Why similar: Zombies 37.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Survival 22.1%, Strategy 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.

Why similar: Zombies 44.5%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 11.1%, 2D 3.8%

Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

Why similar: Perma Death 29%, Roguelite 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, RPG 9.4%, Strategy 8.4%