Games Like Survivor Squad: Gauntlets

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 31.1%, Strategy 17.6%, Survival 13.8%, Action 7.9%, Top-Down 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: The direct predecessor to Gauntlets, offering the same core squad-based tactical survival mechanics.

Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

Why similar: Zombies 20.9%, Strategy 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Top-Down 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense squad-based top-down tactical combat with a heavy emphasis on managing resources and positioning.

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.5% ★, Strategy 25.4%, Top-Down 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Action 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for real-time-with-pause tactical squad management and line-of-sight gameplay.

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Why similar: Strategy 40.7%, Top-Down 23.1%, Action 13.5%, Real-Time with Pause 10.1% ★, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on real-time tactical squad control against massive swarms of enemies, mirroring the intensity of zombie survival.

The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Why similar: Zombies 31.9%, Real Time Tactics 26.4%, Strategy 15.1%, Top-Down 13.8%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique real-time-tactics game that tasks you with managing rescue operations during a zombie outbreak.

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

Why similar: Strategy 49%, Top-Down 19.4%, Action 16.8%, Indie 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based real-time tactical game that requires careful positioning and stealth to survive against superior forces.

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 37.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Survival 18.4%, Strategy 15.9%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult tactical game that forces you to manage a group of survivors through zombie-infested environments.

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 33%, Strategy 17.4%, Survival 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Action 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite zombie survival game that focuses on managing a squad of survivors with unique abilities.

"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 43.2%, Strategy 22.2%, Survival 20.6%, Indie 7.1%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and management aspects of a squad navigating a post-apocalyptic zombie world.

Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Why similar: Strategy 63%, Top-Down 17.6%, Indie 17.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, methodical tactical combat with a focus on planning and real-time-with-pause execution.

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 42.8%, Post-apocalyptic 27.1%, Strategy 20.3%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical squad combat with loot-driven progression in a gritty zombie apocalypse setting.

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 39.5%, Strategy 23.6%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Survival 14.9%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-strategy game that tasks you with managing a group of survivors and their resources.

A contemporary remake of the much-loved series of turn-based mercenary-themed strategy games.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 49.7% ★, Strategy 44.4%, Action 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a complex squad-based tactical experience with a real-time-with-pause system that rewards careful planning.

Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy. Play solo or team up through online co-op and matchmaking, coordinating movement, positioning, and split-second decisions to survive intense, high-risk missions.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 78.7%, Action 11.6%, Top-Down 7.3%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical co-op game that emphasizes squad-based movement and top-down tactical execution.

7.62 High Calibre is a tactical action game, sequel to Brigade E5. A professional mercenary is in pursuit of a certain Russian "businessman", who stole a large amount of money from his "colleagues". Now he is hiding in a small country of Latin America to avoid an inevitable punishment.

Why similar: Strategy 55.6%, Real-Time with Pause 42.7% ★, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical game featuring a sophisticated real-time-with-pause system and detailed squad management.

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Zombies 30.9%, Survival 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, action, and squad management in an open-world zombie apocalypse.

Brigade E5: New Jagged Union is a tactical game that places gamers in the small tropical nation of Palinero on the verge of a civil war. The mission: hire a band of mercenaries and take control of the deteriorating situation before the country finds itself in complete ruin.

Why similar: Strategy 96.8%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a unique real-time-with-pause combat system that emphasizes tactical positioning and squad coordination.

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 22.3%, Strategy 22%, Zombies 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival strategy game that requires careful management of your squad's health and supplies.

Sequel to the best-seller ​The Red Solstice​. Plan your strategy and infiltrate a real-time tactical battlefield - alone or with up to 7 squad members. Can you demonstrate the combat prowess to survive and secure a future for humanity?

Why similar: Zombies 43.4%, Real Time Tactics 33.8%, Strategy 20.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense squad-based tactical combat against alien swarms with deep character customization.

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 40.1%, Indie 22.4%, Action 12.9%, Survival 9.6%, Real Time Tactics 9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-RPG that puts you in control of a group of survivors fighting through zombie hordes.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.

Why similar: Top-Down 59.2%, Action 32.8%, Singleplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical shooter that emphasizes squad movement and line-of-sight in large-scale battles.

Dead Sky takes place admist the chaos of a mysterious outbreak where you will fight tooth-and-nail through hordes of undead creatures in order to escape the epidemic and survive. At its core, Dead Sky is an action-packed survival shooter that ties in several strategic tower defense elements.

Why similar: Zombies 54.7%, Action 24.7%, Indie 20.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on surviving waves of zombies in a dark, atmospheric environment.

Real-time combat in the zombie apocalypse! Guide your survivors through hordes of the infected to escape the epicentre of infection!

Why similar: Indie 54.6%, Strategy 45.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down strategy game that focuses on defending against zombie waves with tactical unit placement.

Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.

Why similar: Zombies 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Survival 15.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Top-Down 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused zombie defense game that requires managing your squad's position and ammunition.

You and up to three friends fight to survive the Zombie outbreak in this game inspired by early '80s horror films!

Why similar: Zombies 55.5%, Strategy 29.2%, Action 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical top-down zombie game that requires careful movement and resource management to survive.

Team up, gear up, and make it out alive in this 2D co-op extraction shooter.

Why similar: Survival 38%, Action 28.8%, Strategy 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based survival action game that focuses on tactical combat and looting in a dangerous world.

Meridian: Squad 22 is a single-player science-fiction real-time strategy game with a focus on base building and advanced tactics. Every single choice, every tactical decision you make, shapes the outcome of your story.

Why similar: Strategy 54.2%, Action 26.8%, Indie 19%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that emphasizes squad-based tactical combat and mission-driven objectives.

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 31.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23%, Survival 16.2%, Top-Down 13.1%, Strategy 8.4%

As a survivor of the mutant virus, make your way through the city and wipe out the hordes of flesh eating mutants. Teamwork is the key to survive the DEAD HORDE...

Why similar: Zombies 61.3%, Action 16.2%, Survival 11.8%, Indie 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced top-down zombie survival game that emphasizes crowd control and positioning.

Forsaken Fortress Strategy is a squad based, survival strategy game focused on base building and scavenging.

Why similar: Strategy 75.7%, Indie 24.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base building and squad management in a harsh post-apocalyptic survival setting.

A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline Rebirth is a new and greatly improved version of B&C: Deadline, the follow-up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed hybrid tactical strategy game.

Why similar: Zombies 44.9%, Strategy 20.6%, Real Time Tactics 20.1%, Action 9.1%, Indie 5.4%

Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Survival 20.5%, Action 13.2%, Top-Down 12.7%, Strategy 10.1%

Dustwind: Resistance is a single-player tactical game. Lead your squad—including your dog—against a brutal raider army. Pause to plan tactics. Use overwhelming firepower, stealth, traps, turrets, or an armored car to outmaneuver enemies. Protect your home and freedom. No surrender!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 31.4%, Strategy 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23%, Action 13%, Real-Time with Pause 7.7% ★

Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...

Why similar: Strategy 70.6%, Action 16%, Top-Down 6.4%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Get ready for an intense survival battle against an ever-growing horde of zombies. Play solo or co-op with friends, test your shooting skills and luck in this relentless combat and see how long you can stay alive.

Why similar: Zombies 41.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Survival 17.3%, Action 8.4%, Indie 6.1%

Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn is a challenging, fast paced, 2D survival shooter! Featuring a compelling single player survival mode and cooperative multiplayer for up-to four players, this is one zombie firefight you're not going to want to miss!

Why similar: Zombies 65.9%, Action 21.5%, Indie 12.5%

Join the fight for survival in a top-down shooter with realistic-looking combat. Raid the infected city and fight for survival in team battles.

Why similar: Zombies 27.5%, Survival 21.7%, Top-Down 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Action 10.6%

Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

Why similar: Zombies 53.9%, Strategy 36.4%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Zombo Buster Advance is a tower defense game taking place inside buildings with interchangeable elevators. Deploy, swap and shoot like a boss!

Why similar: Zombies 33%, Real Time Tactics 22.6%, Strategy 20.3%, Survival 13.8%, Indie 7.9%

The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.

Why similar: Zombies 30.7%, Strategy 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Top-Down 11.9%, Survival 10.4%

A Real-Time Strategy game with First-Person Shooter tactics.

Why similar: Strategy 56.9%, Action 25.3%, Indie 17.9%

A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.

Why similar: Zombies 53.1%, Survival 16.5%, Strategy 15.4%, Action 6.7%, Indie 3.6%

Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 39.2% ★, Zombies 22%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Strategy 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 8.9%

DEFENSURVIVOR is a strategy game where you build obstacles and place and move units to block zombies. There are various units with unique characteristics and powerful high-level units that can be obtained through combination. Use randomly given units to survive until the end!

Why similar: Strategy 31.8%, Zombies 31.1%, Top-Down 29.1%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

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 38.4%, Survival 17.1%, Strategy 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Action 6.7%

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.

Why similar: Strategy 38.1%, Top-Down 26.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Indie 10.4%, Action 9.8%

In this top-down tactical shooter RPG, guide a band of cute soldiers through a warzone to safety. Rescue, train and manage your squad for the upcoming war of survival.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 37.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.9%, Strategy 19%, Action 9.5%, Indie 8%

Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.

Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 16.9%, Strategy 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 7.8%

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 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, Strategy 14.2%, Survival 13.9%

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: Zombies 36.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29.4%, Strategy 17.9%, Survival 15.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Survive like a God in this inspiring survival simulation game.

Why similar: Strategy 29.3%, Zombies 27.9%, Survival 16.6%, Action 15.1%, Indie 11.1%

Single player tactical action real-time game with active pause to plan orders carefully. Based on real war-time experience of living Russian veterans of war in Ukraine. It's all about modern conflict small infantry groups with some armored vehicle and drone support as well as real events story

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 45%, Strategy 35.6%, Action 18.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%

The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

Why similar: Zombies 40.6%, Survival 20.6%, Top-Down 18.6%, Action 9.1%, Indie 8.2%

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Zombies 38.2%, Strategy 30%, Survival 29.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!

Why similar: Strategy 50.2%, Zombies 39.8%, Indie 10%

Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.

Why similar: Zombies 88.7%, Survival 5.1%, Strategy 2%, Action 1.5%, Top-Down 1.4%

Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.

Why similar: Strategy 51.7%, Action 27.8%, Indie 20.5%

Enter the real time tactical nightmare of Nordic Warriors and use your handful of brave souls to stem an endless horde of undead horrors. You'll need to take advantage of the terrain and your Hero abilities to heal and lead your units as you blast, smash or slash your way through the unfolding apocalypse.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 37.3%, Strategy 23.4%, Top-Down 20%, Action 11.4%, Indie 5.2%

Guide a group of unprepared strangers through the apocalypse, in Dead Season, a turn-based tactics adventure, created by the one-man studio Snail Bite. Plan carefully to outlast swarming zombie hordes, but remember: noise attracts danger. Can you escape the outbreak's deadly grip?

Why similar: Zombies 51.6%, Top-Down 21.2%, Strategy 20.4%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%