- #1 The Walking Dead
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,693 reviews2012
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Why similar: Zombies 32.9%, Episodic 28.1% ★, Point & Click 7.5%, Story Rich 6.4%, Choices Matter 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Clementine's story begins here, with the same emotionally devastating zombie survival narrative and choice-driven Telltale structure.
- #2 The Walking Dead: The Final Season
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,546 reviews2018
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
Why similar: Zombies 32.1%, Episodic 16.8% ★, Story Rich 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This direct continuation brings Clementine's journey toward its conclusion with familiar relationship choices, episodic storytelling, and survival tension.
- #3 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
96% matchVery Positive83% of 18,615 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
Why similar: Zombies 32.9%, Episodic 25.6% ★, Story Rich 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.8%, Point & Click 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the larger Clementine storyline while retaining the series' dialogue choices, moral dilemmas, and undead-apocalypse atmosphere.
- #4 The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
95% matchVery Positive81% of 8,257 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books.
Why similar: Zombies 32.1%, Episodic 22.2% ★, Point & Click 6.5%, Story Rich 5.8%, Female Protagonist 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This compact Telltale story delivers the same zombie setting, consequential conversations, and emotionally bruising character drama.
- #5 The Wolf Among Us
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 40,310 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Episodic 43% ★, Point & Click 10.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Comic Book 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It uses Telltale's strongest choice-based adventure formula for a darker detective story full of tense conversations and morally gray decisions.
- #6 Tales from the Borderlands
94% matchVery Positive94% of 19,598 reviews2021
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
Why similar: Episodic 44.8% ★, Point & Click 10.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its tone is much funnier, but its episodic structure, memorable cast, cinematic pacing, and impactful dialogue choices feel immediately familiar.
- #7 Batman - The Telltale Series
93% matchVery Positive88% of 18,280 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
Why similar: Episodic 43.8% ★, Story Rich 10%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Point & Click 8.1%, Comic Book 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is a similarly cinematic, choice-led adventure where relationships, investigations, and public consequences shape the story.
- #8 Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
92% matchVery Positive92% of 10,741 reviews2017
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman - The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis.
Why similar: Episodic 33.5% ★, Story Rich 13.9%, Point & Click 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Comic Book 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel expands the previous game's branching character relationships and makes personal loyalties central to its dramatic choices.
- #9 The Expanse: A Telltale Series
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,930 reviews2023
Dev: Deck NinePub: Telltale
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Adventure 17.8%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Story Rich 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: A modern Telltale adventure with exploration, dialogue decisions, crew relationships, and a tense serialized sci-fi survival plot.
- #10 Life is Strange: Before the Storm
91% matchVery Positive93% of 37,928 reviews2017
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
Why similar: Episodic 44.5% ★, Story Rich 14.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Female Protagonist 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This prequel offers an intimate, character-first coming-of-age drama built around difficult dialogue choices and a strong female lead.
- #11 Life is Strange 2
90% matchVery Positive88% of 41,151 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Why similar: Episodic 40.3% ★, Story Rich 17.6%, Choices Matter 16%, Adventure 7.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its road-trip survival premise and focus on protecting a vulnerable younger companion echo the emotional responsibility at the heart of Season Two.
- #12 Life is Strange Remastered
89% matchVery Positive92% of 11,246 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: Story Rich 24.2%, Choices Matter 22.9%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Emotional 14.2%, Cinematic 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Like Clementine's story, it centers a young woman navigating emotionally difficult choices, close friendships, and consequences that reshape lives.
- #13 Tell Me Why
89% matchVery Positive82% of 16,128 reviews2020
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
Why similar: Episodic 49.9% ★, Story Rich 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%, Emotional 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This choice-focused episodic drama emphasizes sibling bonds, painful memories, and dialogue decisions with lasting emotional consequences.
- #14 Life is Strange: True Colors
88% matchVery Positive89% of 16,903 reviews2021
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18%, Story Rich 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Emotional 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A warm but emotionally heavy branching drama where empathy, relationships, and player decisions drive the central mystery.
- #15 Detroit: Become Human
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 263,955 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.8%, Story Rich 26.8%, Cinematic 17.7%, Emotional 11.7%, Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic presentation and extensively branching scenes make every moral decision feel immediate, personal, and potentially fatal.
- #16 Heavy Rain
86% matchVery Positive86% of 31,694 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.5%, Story Rich 23.9%, Cinematic 14.4%, Quick-Time Events 12% ★, Emotional 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This tense interactive thriller relies on quick decisions, shifting perspectives, and permanent consequences much like Telltale's high-pressure scenes.
- #17 Beyond: Two Souls
86% matchVery Positive88% of 43,686 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
Why similar: Story Rich 19%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Female Protagonist 15%, Cinematic 12%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A character-driven cinematic adventure following a vulnerable young protagonist through trauma, relationships, and supernatural danger.
- #18 The Quarry
84% matchVery Positive82% of 25,301 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: 2K Games
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.2%, Cinematic 16.8%, Horror 16.6%, Story Rich 14.3%, Quick-Time Events 10.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic horror setup lets players steer a group of young characters through deadly threats, with relationships and split-second decisions determining outcomes.
- #19 As Dusk Falls
84% matchVery Positive90% of 4,479 reviews2022
Dev: INTERIOR/NIGHTPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Story Rich 20%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Cinematic 16.2%, Emotional 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This ensemble interactive drama emphasizes family bonds, escalating danger, and choices that can radically alter who survives.
- #20 Resident Evil Revelations 2
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 32,252 reviews2015
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.
Why similar: Zombies 49.5%, Episodic 23.1% ★, Horror 6.9%, Female Protagonist 4.7%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its episodic zombie-horror campaign shares Season Two's bleak survival mood and vulnerable-protagonist tension, though with more combat.
- #21 Until Dawn™
83% matchVery Positive83% of 5,319 reviews2024
Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Horror 14%, Story Rich 12.2%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This choice-heavy horror story creates similar tension by making every conversation and quick-time decision potentially decisive for the cast.
- #22 The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
82% matchVery Positive86% of 10,102 reviews2020
Dev: Skydance Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Zombies 58.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Horror 8.3%, Survival 7.1%, Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: Although more action-focused and played in VR, it delivers a grounded zombie apocalypse with scavenging, desperate survival, and morally difficult encounters.
- #23 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
82% matchVery Positive89% of 11,042 reviews2021
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.6%, Story Rich 26.2%, Horror 21.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A branching survival-horror story where a small group must overcome monsters, distrust, and choices that determine who escapes alive.
- #24 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,968 reviews2019
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.6%, Horror 15.1%, Cinematic 14.6%, Story Rich 13.7%, Adventure 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact horror narrative is built around relationship management, dangerous exploration, and decisions that can permanently kill characters.
- #25 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,814 reviews2020
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
Why similar: Episodic 35.8% ★, Story Rich 16.8%, Horror 13.5%, Quick-Time Events 10.5% ★, Survival 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric interactive horror tale combines group survival, recurring moral choices, and multiple potential outcomes.
- #26 The Council
80% matchVery Positive84% of 5,731 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Episodic 38% ★, Choices Matter 17.6%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dialogue-heavy episodic mystery where social alliances, deductions, and player-built skills significantly affect how scenes unfold.
- #27 Road 96 🛣️
78% matchVery Positive92% of 26,373 reviews2021
Dev: DigixartPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Why similar: Story Rich 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Emotional 14.2%, Adventure 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its episodic road-trip structure, shifting protagonists, and choices about trust and survival capture the uncertainty of a harsh journey.
- #28 Oxenfree
79% matchVery Positive91% of 12,124 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Story Rich 29%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Horror 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric supernatural adventure uses natural conversational choices and close-knit character relationships to create personal stakes.
- #29 The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
79% matchMixed55% of 6,297 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.7%, Story Rich 20.1%, Horror 15.5%, Cinematic 10.3%, Quick-Time Events 9.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: It offers a tense, character-focused survival narrative with exploration, dialogue choices, and frequent life-or-death consequences.
- #30 Late Shift
78% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: {CRYTIME}
Windows
Late Shift is a first-person horror game. Immerse yourself in a realistic thriller and try to escape the death that follows your life as a night shift worker at a gas station.
Why similar: Story Rich 28.1%, Horror 19.6%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Adventure 17.2%, Gore 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This interactive crime film is built almost entirely around rapid moral choices that branch the plot toward multiple endings.
- #31 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 47,413 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Zombies 31%, Story Rich 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Comic Book 10.7%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #32 House 2
73% matchVery Positive90% of 196 reviews2026
Dev: Bark Bark GamesPub: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
As a terrible storm rages on, a young girl tries to survive in a HOUSE hell-bent on killing her and her family...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.2%, Horror 18.5%, Point & Click 15.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Gore 13.7%
- #33 The Walking Dead: Destinies
76% matchMixed41% of 1,098 reviews2023
Dev: Flux GamesPub: GameMill Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Change the course of AMC’s The Walking Dead history. Fight walkers, relive iconic moments, and change the destiny of The Walking Dead Universe as your choices separate heroes from villains, and the living from the dead. Will you make the same choices as Rick, or will you forge your own path?
Why similar: Zombies 50.6%, Comic Book 16.2%, Adventure 10%, Horror 7.3%, Survival 6%
- #34 UNDYING - "KINGDOM"
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,889 reviews2023
Dev: VanimalsPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
As Anling’s zombie infection sets in, her days are numbered. The struggle to survive is made ever more paramount as she must ensure her son Cody stays alive. She must teach him how to survive in this new world at any cost…
Why similar: Zombies 43.2%, Story Rich 12.1%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%, Cinematic 7.1%
- #35 Deadlight: Director's Cut
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,654 reviews2016
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
Why similar: Zombies 69.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Story Rich 5%, Survival 3.1%
- #36 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
72% matchVery Positive99% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
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 49.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Horror 8.1%
- #37 Epimutation
70% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Zombies 28.2%, Point & Click 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Horror 7.9%
- #38 The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
68% matchVery Positive91% of 56,104 reviews2025
Dev: Naughty Dog LLCPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 29.4 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Experience the winner of over 300 Game of the Year awards, now on PC. Discover Ellie and Abby’s story with graphical enhancements, gameplay modes like the roguelike survival experience No Return, and more.
Why similar: Story Rich 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Emotional 13.5%, Horror 12.1%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #39 All of Us Are Dead...
71% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
All of us are not dead. Our school has been infested with zombies, and we are still alive. Every day, our hopes of escaping this school become less and less likely. Follow us as we try to survive and escape our zombie-filled school. A visual novel based on the popular webcomic.
Why similar: Zombies 60.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Gore 5.5%, Choices Matter 5%
- #40 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,341 reviews2021
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 63.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%, Adventure 7.1%, Survival 6.1%, Horror 4.4%
- #41 Left 4 Dead 2
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,060,263 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 100.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 85.9%, Horror 3.6%, Survival 3.4%, Post-apocalyptic 2.4%, Gore 2.3%
- #42 Perseverance: Part 1
71% matchVery Positive85% of 177 reviews2018
Dev: Titanite NovelsPub: Feardemic
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Perseverance is a horror/drama visual novel about survival and redemption. In Part 1 you play as Jack, a father who is struggling to keep his family together and finds himself in the middle of horrific events.
Why similar: Zombies 38.2%, Episodic 17.4% ★, Comic Book 10.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 7.1%
- #43 Sex Apocalypse 2
70% matchMixed55% of 205 reviews2023
Dev: Octo Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Conquering the apocalypse has never been so vivid and emotionally charged! Welcome to the world of Sex Apocalypse 2 – the second installment of a unique third-person shooter.
Why similar: Zombies 53.2%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Horror 7.8%, Survival 7.4%
- #44 Z-End
72% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Smart Tale GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Z-End is a multiple choice narrative game. During the zombie apocalypse, you'll encounter the mysterious Faye while searching for new members.What secrets is she hiding? Will she join you? Will you be able to overcome the danger of this world?
Why similar: Adventure 53.4%, Post-apocalyptic 46.6%
- #45 Elise
69% matchMixed56% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Stuart White
Windows
Awakened in a bunker amidst a zombie outbreak after a car crash, guide Elise through harrowing challenges, solve puzzles, and face relentless undead hordes and uncovering the bunker's dark secrets
Why similar: Zombies 50.6%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Horror 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%, Adventure 6.2%
- #46 The Stalked 2
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 267 reviews2025
Dev: Korvinrular
Windows
"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?
Why similar: Story Rich 27.6%, Horror 27%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Emotional 11.8%
- #47 Resident Evil 2
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 224,292 reviews2019
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Why similar: Zombies 64.9%, Horror 8.3%, Story Rich 6.1%, Female Protagonist 4.5%, Gore 4.5%
- #48 Eaten Alive
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 533 reviews2015
Dev: Space Cat StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Eaten Alive is a Point and Click, Adventure, Horror game with Puzzle and Mystery game-play elements. Take control of 'Mia' six years after the apocalypse began, the dead don't stay dead and the earth is in a permanent state of darkness. This game contains adult themes.
Why similar: Zombies 67.4%, Point & Click 10.3%, Female Protagonist 10%, Survival 6.6%, Adventure 5.8%
- #49 Lorelai
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,673 reviews2019
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...
Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Story Rich 16.9%, Horror 13.8%, Adventure 12.1%
- #50 State of Decay
69% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 75.9%, Survival 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%, Horror 2.3%, Adventure 2.1%
- #51 Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
69% matchVery Positive86% of 240 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
Why similar: Zombies 59.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #52 Life is Strange - Episode 1
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 176,179 reviews2015
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Why similar: Episodic 47.2% ★, Story Rich 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Point & Click 5.2%
- #53 Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse Ep2: Caged
66% matchVery Positive92% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Join Hank and Larry, two small defenseless animals, as they manipulate their way through the zombie apocalypse. Meet various characters and get them to scavenge for you while guiding them to "safety." Make life-or-death decisions, bargain, manage inventory, trade, and gamble.
Why similar: Zombies 49.8%, Story Rich 13%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Adventure 7%
- #54 True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
68% matchVery Positive93% of 842 reviews2018
Dev: Goblinz Enterprises LtdPub: The Digital Lounge
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Horror 13.6%, Story Rich 13.1%
- #55 OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
65% matchVery Positive88% of 2,080 reviews2023
Dev: Night School StudioPub: Netflix
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Story Rich 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%
