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Games Like The Dead Await: Prologue

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, RPG, Singleplayer, Turn-Based Combat.

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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 76% — of 63 reviews
Released: 2023-05-01
Developer: Shotx
Publisher: indie.io
Genres: Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 12 min
Mean playtime: 3.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 27%

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    97% matchMostly Positive73% of 145 reviews2024
    Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Party-Based RPG 10.3%, Deckbuilding 10.1%, Card Battler 10%, Loot 9%, Zombies 8.6%

  2. #2 Nadir: A Grimdark Deck Builder - Prologue
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 210 reviews2022
    Dev: Team NadirPub: Black Eye Games
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    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 38.4%, Card Game 29%, Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, RPG 12.3%

  3. #3 Dead Age
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 5,580 reviews2016
    Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 27.6%, Party-Based RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Survival 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%

  4. #4 Rise of Humanity: Prologue
    95% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2021
    Dev: Cybernetic Walrus
    Windows

    Experience the first events taking place in Rise of Humanity – a game that uniquely fuses turn-based strategy & deck-building. Build decks for each hero, collect, upgrade & merge powerful cards, and plan your strategy wisely to save humankind from the machines!

    Why similar: Card Battler 22.8%, Deckbuilding 22.5%, Card Game 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%

  5. #5 Cards of the Dead
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 reviews2021
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    Windows

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

    Why similar: Card Battler 23.2%, Zombies 22.2%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Card Game 17.5%, Survival 11.1%

  6. #6 Railroads & Catacombs: Prologue
    92% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2023
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    Windows

    Start your training in Railroads & Catacombs! Learn how to build your cards in the most effective way. Test your deck against the first boss and master your strategy for the full game.

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  7. #7 Z Dawn
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    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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!

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  9. #9 As We Descend
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    Windows
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  10. #10 Dead State: Reanimated
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    Windows
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    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.

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  11. #11 Dead Grid
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    Windows

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  12. #12 Project Thea
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2025
    Dev: MuHa Games
    Windows

    Wake to a brutal world 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.

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  13. #13 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
    89% matchMixed50% of 163 reviews2018
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    Windows

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  14. #14 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
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    73% matchVery Positive87% of 388 reviews2023
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    Windows
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  37. #37 Draft of Darkness
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    69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,435 reviews2026
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    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    67% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
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    66% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2025
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    Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
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