Games Like The Dead Await

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 29%, Party-Based RPG 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Survival 13.3%, RPG 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features turn-based combat and party management focused specifically on surviving a zombie outbreak.

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: Card Battler 21.2%, Survival Horror 19.1%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Card Game 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the seed's blend of deck-building combat and survival-horror exploration in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 39.7%, Survival 20%, RPG 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic party-based RPG that emphasizes the brutal reality of managing a group of survivors during a zombie apocalypse.

Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 16.2%, Zombies 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 10%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that captures the tension of scavenging and defending against zombies in a collapsed society.

An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.

Why similar: Card Battler 24%, Party-Based RPG 21.9%, Deckbuilding 20.1%, Card Game 18.2%, RPG 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep party-based deck-building RPG experience with tactical combat that feels very similar to the seed's mechanics.

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: Hex Grid 29.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Loot 11.2%, Survival 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that focuses on the management of survivors and base building during a zombie apocalypse.

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 17.9%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Crafting 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique, text-heavy management experience where you must coordinate survivors to survive the night.

Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?

Why similar: Card Battler 36.2%, Deckbuilding 28.1%, Card Game 14.8%, RPG 10.5%, Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines survival-themed resource management with a card-battler system in a dark, unforgiving world.

The dead arise and only you can stand against them. Equip and train your character, grow your arsenal of cards, survive harrowing encounters and prepare for the final showdown with The Lost at ...The Last Hex! A RPG Deckbuilder with Roguelite elements.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 41.3%, Card Game 30.6%, RPG 13.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deck-builder that incorporates RPG elements and character progression similar to the seed's structure.

A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.9%, Card Game 22.8%, Card Battler 17%, Base Building 16%, RPG 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at blending dark fantasy RPG elements with complex deck-building and exploration mechanics.

You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Survival 15%, Open World 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes resource management and narrative choices in a zombie-infested world.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: RPG 61.2%, Strategy 30.7%, Singleplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: While gothic in theme, its focus on party stress management and turn-based tactical combat is a core pillar of the survival-RPG experience.

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

Why similar: Card Battler 18.2%, Zombies 17.6%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Card Game 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based survival game that focuses on the immediate threat of zombie hordes through strategic hand management.

The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?

Why similar: Card Battler 29.3%, Deckbuilding 26.4%, Card Game 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike deck-builder that focuses on managing units and cards in a high-stakes combat environment.

Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!

Why similar: Card Battler 32.6%, Deckbuilding 30.2%, Card Game 24.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a highly polished party-based deck-building experience with deep RPG progression systems.

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

Why similar: Zombies 31.8%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 15%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Base Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it is the definitive game for managing a community of survivors in an open-world zombie apocalypse.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Zombies 27.7%, Survival 21%, Open World 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Survival Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate survival simulator that captures the gritty, realistic struggle of staying alive against constant zombie threats.

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: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Base Building 22.9%, Survival 21%, Resource Management 9%, Crafting 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival management game where you must keep your family alive through scavenging and base maintenance.

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Base Building 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Strategy 13%, Survival 11%, Resource Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy and base-building game that tasks you with rebuilding civilization after a global catastrophe.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 29.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Character Customization 16.8%, Open World 12.4%, RPG 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, party-based tactical RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes difficult choices and character builds.

You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.

Why similar: Zombies 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 12.4%, Loot 9.9%, RPG 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access survival RPG that focuses on crafting and exploration in a hostile, zombie-filled environment.

ZombieCards is a card-based post-apocalyptic game inspired by Russian Roulette. Set in the zombie-infested city of Travis, embark on a crazy adventure where card battles are key to scavenging supplies, building camp, and outwitting other survivors. Survival is your sole purpose!

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Card Game 17.9%, Zombies 17.8%, Survival 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired card game that focuses on survival-horror themes and post-apocalyptic strategy.

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: Party-Based RPG 31.4%, Loot 21.2%, Zombies 15.7%, Character Customization 14.5%, RPG 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that focuses on managing a squad of mercenaries in a zombie-infested world.

This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.

Why similar: Zombies 20.3%, Survival 16.9%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Open World 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that focuses on realistic crafting and building mechanics to endure a zombie-filled world.

Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.

Why similar: Base Building 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Character Customization 11.4%, Open World 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RPG that emphasizes character customization and survival in a harsh, open-world environment.

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 23.7%, Base Building 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Survival 15%, Open World 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that blends survival mechanics with base defense against waves of infected creatures.

A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.

Why similar: Card Battler 24.7%, Party-Based RPG 23.3%, Deckbuilding 21.8%, Card Game 14.1%, RPG 8.6%

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 51.2%, Survival 20.8%, Character Customization 18.9%, RPG 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic road-trip simulator that forces you to manage a party of survivors and make tough tactical decisions.

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

Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Strategy 49.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game where you manage a base and a party of survivors in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 25%, Survival 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 12.4%

The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.

Why similar: Zombies 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Inventory Management 14.5%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 11.7%

Wake to a brutal world of Thea, bent on destroying your colony. Rebuild, Explore the Wastelands, and Gather scarce resources. Will you strike a deal with the ruthless Baba Yaga - or hack a rogue Cyber-Rat to turn it into an ally? A dark strategy-survival RPG with card-based tactical combat.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.7%, Party-Based RPG 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Card Game 14.7%, Survival 9.3%

It's the first day of the rest of your life

Why similar: Zombies 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 10.4%, Survival 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that focuses on the initial days of a zombie outbreak with a heavy emphasis on survival strategy.

Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 10.4%, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Card Battler 9.8%, Zombies 8.9%, Loot 8.8%

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: Inventory Management 20.3%, Zombies 19.1%, Base Building 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 10%

SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.

Why similar: Zombies 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Survival 14.6%, Open World 13.6%, Loot 13%

Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.

Why similar: Card Battler 29.7%, Deckbuilding 27.5%, Card Game 23.1%, RPG 9.2%, Strategy 8.6%

Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!

Why similar: Zombies 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival Horror 14%, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused survival game that emphasizes scavenging and base building in a post-apocalyptic setting.

This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.

Why similar: Zombies 33%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 17.8%, Open World 14.9%, Exploration 8.3%

Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!

Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Post-apocalyptic 25%, Open World 17.1%, RPG 12.7%, Survival 8.3%

Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!

Why similar: Card Battler 28.9%, Deckbuilding 27.3%, Card Game 18.5%, RPG 9%, Strategy 8.8%

A single-player game of adventure and survival, set in a vast region infested with the dead. Build an autonomous camp, manage a community of survivors, look for the many who are missing, fight ferocious hordes, and unravel the mysteries of the legend of Nayati River!

Why similar: Zombies 20.3%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Base Building 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Crafting 12.7%

Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 26.7%, Card Battler 24.4%, Card Game 21.1%, Zombies 18.2%, Strategy 7.8%

Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.

Why similar: Zombies 19.4%, Card Battler 18.6%, Party-Based RPG 18.3%, Deckbuilding 17%, Card Game 14.1%

Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!

Why similar: Card Battler 23.3%, Card Game 18.8%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 12.8%

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: Party-Based RPG 27.7%, Zombies 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Survival 14.4%, RPG 7.2%

A deadly virus plagues the city and the residents now roam the streets as flesh-eating zombies. Loot the apocalyptic open world and build a self-sustaining zombie-killing fortress. Will you survive the apocalypse or become one of the undead?

Why similar: Zombies 24.3%, Base Building 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Open World 14.3%, Survival 12.7%

Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!

Why similar: Zombies 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Survival 12.5%, Open World 11.4%

HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Zombies 19.3%, Base Building 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Survival 12.4%, Survival Horror 12%

A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 16.3%, Survival 14.4%, Strategy 8%

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Zombies 15.2%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 13.4%

“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.

Why similar: Card Battler 24.4%, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Card Game 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, RPG 9.4%

iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Zombies 12.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Inventory Management 10.6%, Character Customization 10.2%

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Base Building 18.2%, Zombies 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 13.9%

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: Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Survival 20.1%, Hex Grid 13.7% ★, Crafting 12%, Inventory Management 11.8%

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Character Customization 12.8%, Open World 12.3%, Crafting 11.4%

"Herd is Coming" is a survival RPG set in a post apocalyptic world filled with zombies. It's the story of Mike who's survived for 10 years since the outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 16.4%, Loot 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Crafting 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.6%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.2%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 18.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Open World 7.1%

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Zombies 23.9%, Base Building 21%, Resource Management 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival 12.9%

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 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Survival 13.6%