Games Like Yet Another Zombie Defense

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 79.9%, Tower Defense 5.3%, Survival 3.2%, Co-op 2.8%, Multiplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive, modernized version of the original game with improved graphics and expanded content.

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 82.3%, Tower Defense 4.4%, Survival 2.8%, Co-op 2.7%, Online Co-Op 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the base-building and wave-defense loop almost perfectly while adding a more modern top-down perspective.

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 79.2%, Tower Defense 4.7%, Survival 4.1%, Co-op 3.2%, Multiplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the construction and fortification mechanics that make the seed game so satisfying.

Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 79.4%, Tower Defense 5.2%, Co-op 4.1%, Survival 3.8%, Multiplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the chaotic, arcade-style twin-stick shooting and massive horde density of the seed game.

The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

Why similar: Zombies 91.3%, Survival 5%, Top-Down 1.3%, Action 0.7%, Indie 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A modern 'bullet heaven' take on the franchise that retains the core zombie-slaying satisfaction.

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 92.3%, Survival 1.9%, Co-op 1.3%, Online Co-Op 1.2%, Multiplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down arcade shooter that focuses purely on surviving endless waves of zombies.

Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.

Why similar: Zombies 87.8%, Multiplayer 3%, Co-op 3%, Survival 2.3%, Shooter 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down co-op shooter that emphasizes gear progression and surviving increasingly difficult zombie waves.

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 87.3%, Survival 5.8%, Co-op 2.7%, Multiplayer 2.5%, Local Co-Op 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the survival and crafting elements while maintaining a top-down perspective and co-op focus.

Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.

Why similar: Zombies 70.1%, Co-op 6.2%, Survival 6%, Shooter 5.1%, Top-Down 3%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential top-down horde shooter that defined the genre with its intense pacing and power-up system.

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: Zombies 88.5%, Survival 3.5%, Multiplayer 2.6%, Co-op 2.4%, Online Co-Op 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A more realistic, slow-paced co-op survival game that emphasizes resource management and teamwork.

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 58.8%, Shooter 25.4%, Top-Down 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly tactical, top-down cooperative experience that emphasizes team-based defense against waves of enemies.

Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

Why similar: Survival 32.9%, Co-op 23.6%, Multiplayer 22.1%, Local Co-Op 10.3%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more roguelite in nature, it captures the intense, wave-based arena survival loop perfectly.

Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!

Why similar: Shooter 25.3%, Local Co-Op 20.3%, Top-Down 16%, Action 15.1%, Horror 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced twin-stick shooter that provides the same high-octane action and weapon variety found in the seed game.

Codename CURE is a first person, co-operative zombie game with support for up to five players, providing dynamic, fast-paced zombie fragging with both objective, and survival-based missions.

Why similar: Zombies 88.6%, Co-op 3.6%, Multiplayer 2.4%, Shooter 2.2%, Online Co-Op 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative zombie shooter that focuses on objective-based survival and team coordination.

"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 88.9%, Survival 4.3%, Tower Defense 3.8%, Strategy 1.2%, Action 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and strategy with a focus on managing a group of survivors against zombie threats.

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 87.6%, Tower Defense 4.8%, Survival 2.7%, Multiplayer 1.9%, Strategy 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward tower defense game that focuses on placing units to stop incoming zombie hordes.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Zombies 82.2%, Survival 6.6%, Tower Defense 4.1%, Multiplayer 3.1%, Online Co-Op 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate experience for players who love the 'build by day, defend by night' cycle in a more immersive 3D environment.

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 93.6%, Survival 2%, Co-op 1.4%, Local Co-Op 0.9%, Action 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled side-scrolling shooter that captures the gritty, desperate feel of zombie survival.

The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.

Why similar: Zombies 91.3%, Co-op 2.7%, Survival 1.9%, Multiplayer 1.7%, Shooter 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar cooperative wave-defense experience with a heavy focus on tactical positioning and shooting.

Fortified is an explosive strategy shooter where players will defend the Earth against a menacing Martian invasion in the 1950s. Play as one-of-four pulp inspired heroes as they fight swarms of terrifying robots with an arsenal of Cold War era weapons and experimental technology.

Why similar: Action 52.9%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Co-op 12.4%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Strategy 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique hybrid of tower defense and third-person action that emphasizes defending a base against waves of enemies.

“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 87.3%, Survival 5.7%, Co-op 2.8%, Multiplayer 1.8%, Online Co-Op 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series that established the top-down survival crafting loop.

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: Zombies 85.3%, Co-op 4.3%, Survival 3.8%, Multiplayer 2.2%, Online Co-Op 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic co-op wave-based shooter that focuses on holding positions and managing resources under pressure.

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 90.9%, Survival 2.6%, Multiplayer 1.9%, Shooter 1.3%, Action 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi zombie shooter that provides a more narrative-driven but still action-heavy experience.

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 87.7%, Survival 6.5%, Multiplayer 2.6%, Co-op 2.4%, Isometric 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the most complex and rewarding zombie survival simulation for players who want deeper mechanics.

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Why similar: Tower Defense 47.1%, Co-op 20.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Online Co-Op 6.1%, Survival 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends tower defense and FPS mechanics, perfect for players who enjoy the strategic fortification aspect of the seed game.

Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Why similar: Zombies 92.6%, Survival 3.2%, Strategy 1.3%, Action 1.2%, Indie 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy-focused zombie survival game that emphasizes managing a group of survivors in a top-down view.

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 93.4%, Co-op 3.6%, Action 1.1%, Survival 1.1%, Indie 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG hybrid that features zombie-slaying gameplay with character progression elements.

A fully moddable city sandbox with jobs, NPCs, apartments, garages, gangs, and more. Broke Protocol is an open-world action game focused on roleplaying and custom content. Define your goals and identity in a persistent, reactive world where you write your own story.

Why similar: Multiplayer 47.7%, Shooter 27.3%, Action 11.6%, Indie 7.5%, Casual 5.8%

SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?

Why similar: Co-op 24.3%, Online Co-Op 22.6%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Action 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An intense top-down shooter that rewards precision and tactical movement similar to high-level play in 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 91.6%, Survival 3.6%, Action 1.3%, Tower Defense 1.1%, Indie 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling zombie defense game where you must fortify your position and survive until dawn.

Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.

Why similar: Zombies 89.8%, Co-op 3.3%, Survival 3.3%, Shooter 1.4%, Local Co-Op 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic co-op zombie game that forces players to rely on each other to survive limited resources.

Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.

Why similar: Difficult 29.6%, Action 22.2%, Gore 21.7%, Singleplayer 17.6%, Indie 8.8%

Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.

Why similar: Action 49.5%, Indie 29.7%, Isometric 15.9%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Quite a different zombie game - this time YOU are the zombie! Command your infested comrades, fight your way to freedom and let the zombie kind dominate the world! Oh, and you're able to create your own scenarios!

Why similar: Zombies 88%, Survival 5.7%, Top-Down 1.9%, Strategy 1.4%, Action 1%

A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.

Why similar: Multiplayer 42.5%, Strategy 38.3%, Indie 17.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

Why similar: Co-op 22.5%, Multiplayer 21.4%, Shooter 13%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Gore 9.3%

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

Why similar: Zombies 88.3%, Survival 2.9%, Multiplayer 2.7%, Co-op 2.2%, Online Co-Op 1%

Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

Why similar: Zombies 77.2%, Tower Defense 5.5%, Survival 4.6%, Co-op 3.8%, Multiplayer 2.1%

Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!

Why similar: Zombies 89.1%, Co-op 2.8%, Shooter 2.6%, Top-Down 1.4%, Action 1.4%

Turbo Pug is back and better than ever! In Turbo Pug DX you'll explore a variety of beautiful, passionately crafted environments. Collect treasures, score boosters, unlock other creatures to play as. Unlock secret mini games. Create custom level skins or enjoy skins created by other players.

Why similar: Indie 93.9%, Casual 3.1%, Difficult 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Loot, shoot, cast and drive in this chaotic PvP Roguelite. Level up fast, draft wild skills, and create crazy combos on the fly. Explore a GTA-style battle royale with no queues or downtime as you prepare to win the final fight. Play solos, duos or trios with friends and climb the ranks!

Why similar: Co-op 29.5%, Multiplayer 21.9%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Shooter 13.5%, Top-Down 8.5%

Grab a weapon, demolish your enemies, level up, become more powerful, let the gore flow, let the limbs fly. BrainBread 2 introduces a zombie fps mixed with RPG / Arcade elements, the game is very action-packed and generally fast-paced.

Why similar: Zombies 86.7%, Survival 3.7%, Multiplayer 3.4%, Co-op 2.8%, Shooter 1.1%

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 93.3%, Online Co-Op 2.5%, Multiplayer 1.9%, Strategy 1.2%, Action 1%

Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

Why similar: Strategy 75%, Local Co-Op 6.6%, Action 5.8%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Indie 4.4%

Insane mix of cars, speed, explosions, blood and zombies! Fight through an epic narrative campaign or test yourself in the Slaughter and Blood Race modes.

Why similar: Zombies 94.8%, Isometric 1.7%, Top-Down 1.6%, Gore 1.1%, Arcade 0.7%

Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Why similar: Casual 45.5%, Indie 40.6%, Singleplayer 13.9%

Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.

Why similar: Co-op 39.7%, Multiplayer 35.9%, Action 7.1%, Online Co-Op 6.7%, Shooter 4.2%

CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.

Why similar: Zombies 84.3%, Survival 5.9%, Multiplayer 3.3%, Co-op 2.9%, Shooter 1%

Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.

Why similar: Strategy 95.2%, Indie 2%, Multiplayer 1.5%, Difficult 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.

Why similar: Strategy 71.3%, Casual 28.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Classic zombie round survival. choose a map and see how many rounds you can survive with friends or alone.

Why similar: Zombies 90.6%, Survival 3.5%, Online Co-Op 2.9%, Shooter 2.1%, Action 1%

Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.

Why similar: Zombies 78.9%, Tower Defense 5.4%, Survival 4.5%, Co-op 3.3%, Shooter 1.4%

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 96.3%, Multiplayer 1.8%, Action 1.3%, Indie 0.6%

2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.

Why similar: Zombies 82.6%, Co-op 6.2%, Multiplayer 4.1%, Online Co-Op 2.7%, Strategy 1.8%

Evolvation is a casual multiplayer and fast-paced and class based space flying shooter developed by a two-man-army (Eric and Jacob) from Amsterdam. Classes are: Highspeed, Fighter, Stealth, Support and Tank. Each class has its own special ability which provides a dynamic gameplay.

Why similar: Multiplayer 37.1%, Action 28.7%, Indie 17.4%, Casual 13.2%, Arcade 3.5%

Work together to survive the devastating Dinosaur horde in huge, endless environments.

Why similar: Co-op 29.9%, Multiplayer 27.6%, Online Co-Op 17%, Shooter 12.6%, Action 8.4%

Blockstorm is a FPS game set in a world made of destructible blocks. All maps and characters included in the game are made with the same tools that are available to the public. You can build everything in Blockstorm, and you can destroy it.

Why similar: Zombies 72.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Shooter 7.1%, Action 5.7%, Indie 1.8%

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 81.1%, Tower Defense 8.4%, Shooter 3.1%, Strategy 2.1%, Co-op 1.8%

Blood, guts, meat. Humanity's waging total war against a horrific zombie apocalypse. Lead one of four of humanity's deadliest survivors against the horde in this first person, wave defense shooter. Load up your guns, set up turrets, sharpen your skills, and maybe you'll make it through the night.

Why similar: Zombies 81.2%, Co-op 4.6%, Survival 4.6%, Multiplayer 3.3%, Online Co-Op 2.8%

CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.

Why similar: Zombies 73.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Shooter 6.8%, Action 2.3%, Survival 2.1%