Games Like Trapped Dead

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 66.5%, Strategy 22.6%, Action 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game where you control a squad of survivors through procedurally generated levels, mirroring the squad-management focus of the seed game.

Can you survive the horror? … a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a zombie-infested world by recruiting companions, upgrading weaponry and fortifying your position.

Why similar: Zombies 81.2%, Action 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical side-scrolling shooter that requires careful management of your squad's defenses and resources against nightly zombie waves.

A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.

Why similar: Zombies 85.1%, Action 11.4%, Co-op 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled zombie shooter that captures the 80s horror aesthetic and simple, addictive survival gameplay.

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 92.4%, Co-op 6.8%, Adventure 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive isometric zombie survival game that offers deep tactical management and high-stakes survival mechanics.

Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

Why similar: Zombies 85.7%, Action 11.1%, Co-op 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced top-down shooter that focuses on managing massive zombie hordes through tactical positioning and weapon usage.

Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.

Why similar: Co-op 100%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, squad-based tactical shooter that captures the intense cooperative combat and real-time positioning found in Trapped Dead.

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 86.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Action 1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical RPG that focuses heavily on squad management and survival during a zombie apocalypse.

“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 83.4%, Action 8.5%, Co-op 7.1%, Adventure 1%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric survival game that emphasizes crafting and cooperative play against hordes of zombies.

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 96.5%, Strategy 1.3%, Co-op 1.1%, Action 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A focused tower-defense and survival game that emphasizes tactical placement and cooperative defense against endless waves.

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 87.9%, Co-op 6.9%, Action 4.8%, Adventure 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for cooperative zombie survival, offering the same team-based intensity and horror-movie pacing as Trapped Dead.

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 72%, Strategy 18.1%, Action 8%, Adventure 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical survival game that forces you to manage a group of survivors and make difficult moral choices.

Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?

Why similar: Zombies 67.3%, Action 14.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Co-op 5.8%, Adventure 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tower defense game that focuses on cooperative survival and base fortification.

Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.

Why similar: Zombies 73.6%, Strategy 19%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical puzzle-strategy game where you control the zombie horde, offering a unique twist on the genre's tactical roots.

A small American town is overrun by the living dead! You manage to enter the town just before the military locks it down and now you must slice and shoot your way through thousands of zombies in order complete your mission in this action-packed Hack & Slash RPG.

Why similar: Zombies 69.5%, Action 30.5%

Why You'll Like It: The direct follow-up to the seed game, maintaining the same thematic roots and isometric perspective.

Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!

Why similar: Zombies 85%, Action 13.9%, Co-op 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi zombie shooter that provides a similar B-movie horror atmosphere and intense action sequences.

Don't Bite Me Bro! is a 1-4 Player Couch Co-op open-world zombie apocalypse game. Explore the world for resources, find and save survivors throughout the world, each which become playable characters with unique traits and abilities.

Why similar: Zombies 59.4%, Strategy 22.7%, Action 11.9%, Co-op 3.7%, Adventure 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival game that blends strategy and action, requiring players to work together to manage their base and resources.

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 73.6%, Strategy 26.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy survival game that focuses on managing resources and squad members during a zombie apocalypse.

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 89.7%, Action 8.5%, Adventure 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric action-roguelike that emphasizes scavenging and tactical survival in a post-apocalyptic world.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 85.4%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric survival game that rewards tactical exploration and base-building in a zombie-infested open world.

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 77.6%, Action 22.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that captures the gritty, action-oriented feel of surviving a zombie outbreak.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Action 52.1%, Co-op 39.9%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, tactical, and highly chaotic game that allows for creative squad-based approaches to survival.

Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.

Why similar: Zombies 72.5%, Action 13%, Co-op 7.8%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical base-building game that requires players to coordinate their defenses against waves of zombies.

Escape room meets co-op survival horror. The year is 1998, and an ancient curse has been unleashed, trapping everyone on Mount Bisik. Alone or with up to 4 players, you must explore, find clues, figure out a way to escape...and survive the horror.

Why similar: Zombies 91.8%, Co-op 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric survival-horror game that emphasizes cooperative play and atmospheric exploration.

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 85.5%, Action 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward action-oriented zombie shooter that emphasizes survival through constant movement.

Undeadz! is an open world Zombie Survival game with a retro art style!

Why similar: Zombies 78.3%, Action 21.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired action game that focuses on cooperative zombie-slaying in an open-world setting.

Team up with up to 8 players and take on endless waves of Nasty Zombies in a high-intensity, movement-focused boomer shooter. Use agility and smart positioning to survive semi-procedural maps and unlock permanent upgrades like Blessings, Miracles, Invocations, and cosmetics.

Why similar: Zombies 81.6%, Action 18.4%

Why You'll Like It: A boomer-shooter style game that brings fast-paced action and cooperative play to the zombie genre.

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 55.8%, Strategy 28.8%, Action 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, top-down survival game that expands on the squad-management mechanics of the original Survivor Squad.

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 80.1%, Action 16.6%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that incorporates zombie survival and tactical combat elements.

4-player co-op, zombie slaying, base building, boss battling mayhem! Cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses in Ultimate Zombie Defense 2!

Why similar: Zombies 68%, Strategy 20.4%, Action 11.6%

In Village of Zombies you can fight against zombies and mutants together with other players or alone on different maps, the goal is to survive as many levels as possible. The game always starts at level 1 and with each level increase, more zombies and stronger zombies come.

Why similar: Zombies 79.2%, Action 10.6%, Co-op 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that focuses on squad-based combat against zombie hordes.

Battle your way through the dense zombie crowds as you struggle to survive! Inspired by classic zombie movies and FPS games from the 90s, the overwhelming combat will keep you on your toes!

Why similar: Zombies 77.6%, Action 18.8%, Adventure 3.5%

They Are Hundreds is an evolving Third-person wave based zombie game, co-op with up to 4 friends with endless ammo and guns!

Why similar: Zombies 71.3%, Action 19%, Co-op 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused action game that tasks players with holding their ground against massive zombie swarms.

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 65.2%, Strategy 18.5%, Action 9%, Co-op 7.2%

Lost in the woods. Trapped in a cabin. Face wave after wave of undead horrors in this intense 80s-themed zombie survival shooter. Play solo or co-op with up to 4 players, in VR or on PC. Keep the lights on, defend the cabin, and survive the night if you can!

Why similar: Zombies 79.5%, Action 16.6%, Adventure 3.9%

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 81.8%, Strategy 15.5%, Action 1.8%, Adventure 1%

Hunt Zombies Together is a co-op multiplayer FPS survival horror game where you and your friends battle waves of zombies and supernatural enemies inside a cursed mansion. Can be played by 1 to 4 people.

Why similar: Action 79.4%, Co-op 20.6%

Survive the Hill is an asymmetrical multiplayer/co-op survival experience that supports Solo and 4/8-player options and AI versus scenarios. Blow up the exit areas with your aim to escape. Look for ways to defeat the killer, build your strategy, never wander alone.

Why similar: Zombies 73.7%, Action 14.2%, Co-op 10.3%, Adventure 1.7%

Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is a full-length co-op survival horror experience inspired by the golden age of zombies. 15+ hours of missions, vehicles, puzzles, with many playable survivors await across a world consumed by the dead. No microtransactions, no shortcuts: just pure survival.

Why similar: Action 84.2%, Adventure 15.8%

From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.

Why similar: Zombies 84.5%, Co-op 8%, Action 7%, Adventure 0.5%

"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 70.5%, Strategy 21.7%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 1.3%

Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!

Why similar: Zombies 56.9%, Strategy 43.1%

As a part of the Borderwatch team, scavenge, defend and survive against zombie hordes in this 3rd person action horror survival! Will you be able to see the daylight?

Why similar: Zombies 50.1%, Strategy 29.8%, Action 17%, Co-op 3.1%

7 Days Blood Moons is a 4v1 fight to the death. Survivors fortify bases and scavenge for materials while the Zombie Master commands and possesses the horde to crush them. Play solo or with friends – up to 4 survivors can team up against a human or AI Zombie Master. Who will prevail?

Why similar: Zombies 75.2%, Action 15%, Co-op 9.9%

This is the world after a zombie apocalypse in which the main characters have to go through many perils. It is a story about ordinary people who, when faced with danger, decided not to run away from it, but to fight back. As the story goes along, you will learn what caused the disaster and help other survivors to overcome its aftermath.

Why similar: Zombies 75.4%, Action 14.5%, Co-op 7.8%, Adventure 2.3%

World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

Why similar: Zombies 85.4%, Action 7.8%, Co-op 6.7%

Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.

Why similar: Zombies 89.3%, Action 8.5%, Adventure 2.2%

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 78.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Action 6.4%, Co-op 1.3%

Half dead is a multiplayer sci-fi game about a violent TV show. The players' goal is to survive in a network of rooms full of traps.

Why similar: Action 43.3%, Co-op 33.3%, Strategy 13.6%, Adventure 9.8%

Race against the clock and battle the undead in this co-op survival horror nightmare.

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 82.7%, Action 17.3%

Pick a character and team up with three friends ‘cause it’s time to save the world. Experience intense FPS action as you obliterate hordes of terrifying monsters! You may not be on the best team of mercenaries, but you are… a Toxic Commando!

Why similar: Zombies 79.7%, Action 11.3%, Co-op 6.7%, Adventure 2.3%

Your friend is blocked! Eliminate the zombies - Open all the doors - Help your friend.

Why similar: Zombies 57.4%, Strategy 20.8%, Action 12.5%, Co-op 6.7%, Adventure 2.5%

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

Why similar: Zombies 60%, Strategy 40%

Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.

Why similar: Zombies 79.6%, Co-op 11.3%, Action 9.1%

2D top-down multi co-op action game. Survive the zombies together with a stranger.

Why similar: Zombies 78.5%, Action 11.6%, Co-op 9.8%

Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification.

Why similar: Zombies 83.8%, Action 9.9%, Co-op 5.7%, Adventure 0.6%

Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

Why similar: Zombies 68%, Strategy 18.1%, Action 7.6%, Co-op 6.3%