- #1 Trapped Dead
97% matchMixed41% of 786 reviews2011
Dev: Crenetic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You and up to three friends fight to survive the Zombie outbreak in this game inspired by early '80s horror films!
Why similar: Zombies 69.5%, Action 30.5%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, this game shares the same core mechanics, atmosphere, and isometric zombie-slaying gameplay.
- #2 Zombie Shooter 2
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 881 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Just choose a character to the liking, get experience to develop skills, earn money and spend it at weapons, medications and useful devices. All of this will be used against thousands of enemies. The zombies fill the game screen, never letting you rest, even for a minute.
Why similar: Zombies 41.6%, RPG 29.9%, Action 18.5%, Indie 10%
Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down action RPG that mirrors the intense, fast-paced zombie combat found in the seed game.
- #3 Guns n Zombies
96% matchMixed69% of 978 reviews2014
Dev: Krealit
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 40.3%, RPG 32.1%, Action 19.3%, Indie 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that incorporates RPG elements and character progression, mirroring the action-heavy focus of the seed.
- #4 I Shall Remain
95% matchMixed67% of 162 reviews2015
Dev: Scorpius Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An Action RPG at its core, I Shall Remain combines role-playing elements with survival and strategic aspects, and creates a blend never before seen. Through complex, real-time character progression and RPG system, over a hundred abilities to learn and upgrade, dozens of weapons and enhancers, thousands of Infected, over twenty mutations,...
Why similar: RPG 40.9%, Zombies 27.2%, Action 17.6%, Indie 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric survival RPG that emphasizes post-apocalyptic exploration and combat against infected enemies.
- #5 How to Survive
94% matchVery Positive83% of 17,095 reviews2014
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
“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 59.6%, RPG 22.7%, Action 15.1%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar isometric perspective and focuses heavily on survival, crafting, and RPG-lite progression against zombie hordes.
- #6 How to Survive 2
93% matchMixed69% of 10,988 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 62.8%, RPG 25.1%, Action 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Building on the first game, this sequel offers improved combat and deeper base-building mechanics in a similar zombie-infested setting.
- #7 Dead Horde
94% matchMostly Negative34% of 658 reviews2011
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 59.9%, Action 25.2%, Indie 14.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on frantic, wave-based zombie combat and survival.
- #8 Deadstone
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 70 reviews2014
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Based on the inhospitable frontier world of Mars, against the backdrop of a bacterial outbreak, Deadstone offers a compelling blend of frantic combat and tower defense, backed by a highly nuanced character development system and strategic elements of resource management.
Why similar: RPG 36.9%, Zombies 26.5%, Action 25.1%, Indie 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric action RPG blends survival and base defense with a similar dark, top-down aesthetic.
- #9 Dead Pixels
91% matchVery Positive87% of 2,424 reviews2012
Dev: CSR-Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 55.9%, Action 18.7%, RPG 13.8%, Indie 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling zombie shooter that captures the indie, grit-focused aesthetic and RPG-lite progression.
- #10 Welcome to ParadiZe
89% matchMixed67% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Zombies 41%, RPG 30.4%, Action 18.3%, Indie 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A modern action RPG that allows for creative zombie combat and survival in a hostile, overrun world.
- #11 Fort Zombie
91% matchMixed67% of 153 reviews2018
Dev: Kerberos Productions Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In Fort Zombie, players are trapped in the small town of Piety, Indiana. Organize and build a defense shelter from an impending wave of undead. Choose a building to be your Fort and forage for Food, Weapons, Supplies and People.
Why similar: RPG 46.9%, Action 23.2%, Indie 15.6%, Zombies 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG character growth with strategic base defense, perfect for players who enjoyed the survival elements of the seed.
- #12 SurrounDead
88% matchVery Positive92% of 23,544 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 61.5%, RPG 25.5%, Action 7.6%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that captures the feeling of being trapped in a zombie-infested environment.
- #13 Alien Breed: Impact
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,869 reviews2010
Dev: Team17 Software Ltd.Pub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi themed, the isometric combat pacing and claustrophobic level design feel very similar to the seed game.
- #14 All Zombies Must Die!: Scorepocalypse
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2012
Dev: Doublesix Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Step into the sturdy boots of McJagger and take on an army of the undead!
Why similar: Zombies 39.8%, Action 35.7%, Indie 24.6%
Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that focuses on arcade-style zombie combat and mission-based progression.
- #15 Nation Red
87% matchVery Positive88% of 2,776 reviews2009
Dev: DiezelPower
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 67.5%, Action 21.6%, Indie 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: An intense top-down shooter that focuses on pure, arcade-style zombie slaughter and survival.
- #16 Victor Vran ARPG
86% matchVery Positive86% of 6,421 reviews2015
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Victor Vran is the isometric action-RPG where your skill is just as essential as your character build and gear. Experience intense combat action: dodge, jump and unleash powerful skills to finish off your enemies!
Why similar: RPG 70.3%, Action 21.2%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric hack-and-slash offers polished combat mechanics that elevate the action-RPG experience found in the seed.
- #17 Zombie Grinder
86% matchMixed67% of 295 reviews2015
Dev: TwinDrills
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cross-platform, cooperative, multiplayer, zombie death-fest. Slaughter your way through many different maps, game modes and enemies - With tons of weapons and customization options!
Why similar: RPG 36.6%, Zombies 31.9%, Action 19.2%, Indie 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward indie action game focused on clearing waves of zombies in a top-down environment.
- #18 Slayer Shock
85% matchMixed58% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Linux
A role-playing shooter about hunting vampires in Nebraska. Take missions to patrol the streets, rescue captive humans, and weaken the undead threat. Assemble a team, hunt the vampires, and save your hometown!
Why similar: RPG 52.8%, Action 28.4%, Indie 18.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie action RPG that features similar exploration and combat mechanics in a supernatural setting.
- #19 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
83% matchVery Positive83% of 10,192 reviews2013
Dev: NeocoreGames
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal.
Why similar: RPG 69.7%, Action 20.1%, Indie 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action RPG that provides a similar feel to the hack-and-slash combat and character development systems.
- #20 Flesh Eaters
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: RPG 30.3%, Zombies 30.2%, Indie 24%, Action 15.5%
Why You'll Like It: An indie action RPG that leans into the hack-and-slash zombie combat style of the seed game.
- #21 Dead Sky
84% matchMostly Negative36% of 222 reviews2013
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 23%
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 44.4%, Action 31.9%, Indie 23.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down zombie shooter that emphasizes survival and combat in a dark, indie-developed world.
- #22 Deadly 30
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,859 reviews2014
Dev: Ignatus Zuk and Gonzalo Villagomez
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 51.2%, Action 29.5%, Indie 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling survival game where you must defend your position against waves of zombies, matching the desperate tone of the seed.
- #23 The Ascent
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 24,155 reviews2021
Dev: Neon GiantPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
Why similar: RPG 59.3%, Action 27.5%, Indie 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality isometric action RPG that provides a more modern take on the top-down combat style.
- #24 Red Solstice 2: Survivors
80% matchMixed70% of 3,299 reviews2021
Dev: IronwardPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 54.2%, RPG 45.8%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric tactical action game that offers deep combat and character progression in a hostile environment.
- #25 Three Dead Zed
82% matchMixed65% of 179 reviews2014
Dev: Gentleman Squid Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take control of an experimental zombie that can transform into three unique and distinct forms. With quick reflexes, a little problem solving, and some rescued kittens, players make a violent exit that won't be forgotten by their captors.
Why similar: Zombies 48.5%, Action 28.9%, Indie 22.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique indie action game that offers a different perspective on zombie-themed combat and platforming.
- #26 Titan Quest Anniversary Edition
78% matchVery Positive90% of 37,290 reviews2016
Dev: Iron Lore EntertainmentPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
For its 10 year anniversary, Titan Quest will shine in new splendour. This Anniversary Edition combines both Titan Quest and Titan Quest Immortal Throne in one game, and has been given a massive overhaul for the ultimate ARPG experience.
Why similar: RPG 87.7%, Action 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic isometric action RPG that serves as a benchmark for the hack-and-slash combat style.
- #27 A Mass of Dead
81% matchMixed51% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Dev Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Massacre of zombies! Survive the zombies. Buy and upgrade weapons and equipment to massacre zombies. Kill special zombies like zombie dogs, get unique weapons and equipment that you can’t buy from the shop. Be unbeatable using power boost and massacre zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 42.2%, Action 33.4%, Indie 24.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on the same mission-based zombie combat loop as the seed.
- #28 Shadows: Awakening
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,456 reviews2018
Dev: Games FarmPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics.
Why similar: RPG 73.7%, Action 26.3%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action RPG that features a unique character-swapping mechanic and satisfying combat.
- #29 Undead Shadows
81% matchMostly Negative29% of 63 reviews2015
Dev: Ignition Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Undead Shadows is a fast paced action zombie shooter that keeps players on their toes and tests their survival instinct. You are a survivor in the harsh post apocalyptic world looking for any means of survival against never ending waves of zombies from sun up to sun down – and even worse in between.
Why similar: Action 60.3%, Indie 39.7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie survival game that captures the gritty, low-budget charm of the seed game.
- #30 TRAPPED
76% matchMostly Negative36% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Cheap Fun GamesPub: Forthright Indie Games Division
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
Why similar: Action 62.3%, Indie 37.7%
- #31 Zed Survival
78% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: JibbyJib
Windows
Create your character and survive wave after wave of zombies! Gain exp, level up and unlock new skills. Acquire over 20 Weapons with different rarities.
Why similar: RPG 42.8%, Zombies 24.2%, Action 19.7%, Indie 13.2%
- #32 Dead Effect
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,752 reviews2014
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 63.8%, Action 26%, Indie 10.2%
- #33 Temporal Purge: Z
73% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Exec Games
Windows
Become an interdimensional zombie slayer in Temporal Purge: Z, an action-packed zombie-survival FPS. Face the zombie onslaught as you eradicate countless undead monsters on your quest to save the future.
Why similar: Zombies 66.1%, Action 22.3%, Indie 11.6%
- #34 Larva Mortus
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 751 reviews2009
Pub: Meridian4
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Larva Mortus is a fast-paced hack and slash top-down shooter. As an agent specializing in exorcism, you are tasked to hunt monsters of the supernatural in a dark, ominous, and randomly generated atmosphere full of undead, terrifying and demonic nightmares.
Why similar: RPG 69.3%, Action 30.7%
- #35 Undead World
74% matchVery Positive89% of 131 reviews2023
Dev: Undead World Team
Windows · Linux
Action rpg that containst fast-Paced combat and survival elements. Use your skills to defeat the Undead.
Why similar: RPG 85.2%, Action 14.8%
- #36 VRZ: Torment
76% matchMixed70% of 235 reviews2017
Dev: StormBringer Studios OU
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Be immersed into Purgatory Island of undead and dying. Solve mysteries to escape while trying to survive. The undead are rising, zombie skags are swarming the land, and your end is fast approaching! Arm yourself, uncover what you need to survive, and escape the inescapable.
Why similar: RPG 36.6%, Zombies 30.7%, Action 20.7%, Indie 12%
- #37 V1RUZ
75% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Polyverse GamesPub: Polyverse Studio
Windows
In V1RUZ, you see yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic in the USA. Learn how to craft weapons, tools and fight against the living and the dead to survive in this cruel, rotting world.
Why similar: RPG 55.1%, Action 26.8%, Indie 18.1%
- #38 Containment: The Zombie Puzzler
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 292 reviews2012
Dev: Bootsnake Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Use your wits, weapons, and the city itself to save Franklin from the zombie apocalypse in this exciting indie action puzzler.
Why similar: Zombies 66.7%, Indie 33.3%
- #39 ZomDay
73% matchVery Positive84% of 835 reviews2020
Dev: Intostudio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
As zombie crisis broke out around the world,you will play one of the warrior of S.E.A.T(Special Event Action Team)to fight against the zombies all over the world.ZomDay is a fast pace VR shooting game contains multi-player mod,exciting Boss fight,character perk and hardcore weapon system.
Why similar: Zombies 53.7%, RPG 23.7%, Action 13.7%, Indie 8.9%
- #40 Dead Age
72% 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: RPG 40.7%, Zombies 40.5%, Action 11.2%, Indie 7.6%
- #41 ZED ZONE
70% matchVery Positive80% of 3,539 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Zombies 49.1%, RPG 34%, Action 16.9%
- #42 Pound of Ground
74% matchMixed60% of 178 reviews2010
Dev: Centauri ProductionPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Pound of Ground, story driven crazy shoot 'em up with red car and LOTS of zombies. The game combines action elements - a wide range of advanced weapons, fights with various bosses and spectacular, endless battles with the crowds of the undead - with a gripping story full of unexpected disclosures and peculiar characters.
Why similar: Zombies 54.7%, Action 45.3%
- #43 Breach & Clear: Deadline Rebirth (2016)
73% matchMixed54% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Mighty Rabbit StudiosPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 47.8%, RPG 28.7%, Action 15.4%, Indie 8.2%
- #44 Zombie Desperation
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Zombie Desperation is a small horror game where you shoot hordes of zombies until you die, aiming to obtain a higher rank in the online leaderboards while unlocking new scenarios and weapons.
Why similar: Zombies 43.8%, Action 32.1%, Indie 24.1%
- #45 Nearly Dead
71% matchMixed46% of 298 reviews2021
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
Why similar: RPG 44.9%, Zombies 20.9%, Action 19%, Indie 15.2%
- #46 Zombie Soup
68% matchVery Positive91% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: AeonSparx InteractivePub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Zombie Soup is a top-down shooter combined with hack and slash action that follows Ricky, a backpacker who is thrown into an unexpected adventure in an unfamiliar town as he shoots and dodges his way through hordes of bizarre creatures and challenging bosses to save a kidnapped girl!
Why similar: Zombies 39.9%, RPG 29.4%, Action 17.9%, Indie 12.8%
- #47 Malignant Survivors
68% matchMixed63% of 308 reviews2024
Dev: Eren Aydin
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
3D rogue-like action game in a dark fantasy theme. Blow up thousands of malignants and find quality loot to improve your heroes for harder challenges.
Why similar: RPG 47.9%, Zombies 32.6%, Action 19.5%
- #48 Zombie Shooter
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,315 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The human race is in danger again. This time scientists could not cope the imminent threat and became monsters themselves. Crowds of zombie people filled the secret research base. The dreadful contagion is about to spread earth wide. Use the last chance to save the humanity from total annihilation!
Why similar: Zombies 46.2%, RPG 28.5%, Action 17.4%, Indie 8%
- #49 Heaven Dust
67% matchVery Positive91% of 681 reviews2020
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.
Why similar: RPG 46.1%, Action 24%, Indie 17.6%, Zombies 12.4%
- #50 Sancticide
65% matchMixed65% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: Red Square GamesPub: Sylen Studio
Windows
Sancticide is an Indie melee-focused TPP action RPG game set in the world of the biblical Apocalypse. Become Ezechiel, sin collector in the service of Them at The Top, as he ventures through what is left of our world during the End Times.
Why similar: RPG 45.9%, Zombies 32%, Action 22.1%
- #51 The Undying Plague
71% matchMixed44% of 175 reviews2015
Dev: Pixel Theory GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Undying Plague is a top down shooter where your task is to fend off waves of attacking enemies and survive as long as possible. At your disposal will get a few weapons that we can improve for the money earned on the battlefield. Enter a world of pain, suffering and bloodthirsty zombies. Can you stop the plague?
Why similar: Indie 56.9%, Action 43.1%
- #52 Decision: Red Daze
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 40.9%, RPG 36.1%, Action 18.1%, Indie 4.9%
- #53 DEAD TRASH
64% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2025
Dev: Crowhill StudiosPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
Why similar: Action 63.8%, Zombies 36.2%
- #54 Hero Barrier
69% matchMixed63% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: The Rock StudioPub: Beijing New Era Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As a RPG type TD game,player will be playing as the DEAD Knight. Defending the kindom,even the whole world from the catastrophe brought by the Devil Lord-Zypheria Die with glory on the battlefield,or Survive to the end of the doom?It's all on you !
Why similar: Action 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #55 The Unliving
65% matchMixed63% of 878 reviews2023
Dev: RocketBrush GamesPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.
Why similar: RPG 44.7%, Zombies 35.5%, Action 19.9%
- #56 24 Hours 'til Rescue
70% matchMostly Negative28% of 88 reviews2016
Dev: J. FletcherPub: BrainCraft Gaming
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
24 Hours ‘Til Rescue plunges you into dynamic, hand-crafted, city overrun by the undead with one, simple premise: to escape the city alive. Yet, with most of the streets barricaded, all of them teeming with enemies, and with rescue not coming for another 24 hours, the chances of survival are slim to none.
Why similar: RPG 50.1%, Zombies 23%, Action 16.5%, Indie 10.5%
- #57 KRUM - Edge Of Darkness
69% matchMixed50% of 300 reviews2015
Dev: HA Studio Ltd.Pub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
It is a fun, hack and slash RPG game, аn action adventure with advanced combat tactics. You will face countless fearsome mobs and grotesque beasts, hidden deadly traps, powerful demon knights and dragons.
Why similar: RPG 56.9%, Action 25.1%, Indie 18%
- #58 Zombie Simulator
66% matchVery Positive81% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: ZHANG FANPub: SHEN JIAWEI
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Huge Wave of Zombies Are Coming! Control hundreds of swarming zombies to conquer the entire city!
Why similar: Zombies 48.9%, Action 42.8%, Indie 8.3%
- #59 Dead Unending
66% matchMixed46% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Tyler HudsonPub: Tylario
Windows
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 69.1%, Action 30.9%