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 79.8%, Tower Defense 5.3%, Survival 3.2%, Co-op 2.8%, Multiplayer 2%

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

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 82.2%, Tower Defense 4.3%, Survival 2.9%, Co-op 2.7%, Online Co-Op 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the core loop of building defenses during the day and surviving intense zombie waves at night with a similar 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%, Tower Defense 4.7%, Survival 4.2%, Co-op 3.2%, Multiplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title places a heavy emphasis on base construction and resource management while fighting off hordes of zombies.

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 79.2%, Tower Defense 5.2%, Co-op 4.1%, Survival 3.8%, Multiplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that emphasizes massive zombie counts and base-building elements in a similar top-down style.

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: This game focuses on pure, high-octane arcade shooting against massive zombie hordes, much like the seed game's combat.

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 87.7%, Co-op 3.1%, Multiplayer 3.1%, Survival 2.3%, Shooter 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A highly popular top-down co-op shooter that features deep weapon customization and intense wave-based survival.

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 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival shooter that requires you to defend your position against nightly waves of zombies while managing your squad.

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 69.8%, Co-op 6.3%, Survival 6.1%, Shooter 5%, Top-Down 3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down arcade shooter that captures the same frantic, wave-based intensity found in the seed game.

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 77.1%, Tower Defense 5.5%, Survival 4.7%, Co-op 3.9%, Multiplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar top-down survival experience with a focus on gore, action, and defending against zombie swarms.

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 52.5%, Tower Defense 20.8%, Co-op 12.5%, Multiplayer 6%, Strategy 3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of third-person shooting and tower defense that captures the strategic preparation aspect of the seed game.

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 zombie shooter that focuses on survival and resource management in a side-scrolling format.

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 90.5%, Survival 4.1%, Multiplayer 1.6%, Strategy 1.4%, Action 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines top-down exploration with squad-based survival mechanics, requiring careful management of resources and defenses.

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 87.5%, Tower Defense 4.9%, Survival 2.8%, Multiplayer 1.9%, Strategy 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward tower defense game that focuses on placing units to stop waves of zombies from reaching your base.

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%, Survival 1.1%, Action 1.1%, Indie 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar top-down zombie shooting experience with RPG elements and cooperative play.

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 91.4%, Survival 4.7%, Top-Down 1.2%, Action 0.8%, Indie 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the franchise that shifts the gameplay toward the popular bullet-heaven genre while keeping the zombie theme.

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 23.2%, Multiplayer 21.7%, Shooter 13%, Online Co-Op 12%, Survival 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic and humorous arcade shooter that pits players against waves of mutated creatures in a confined area.

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 91.9%, Survival 5.1%, Shooter 1.5%, Top-Down 0.8%, Action 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes scavenging and defending against the undead in a hostile, post-apocalyptic world.

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 87.1%, Survival 5.9%, Co-op 2.8%, Multiplayer 2.6%, Local Co-Op 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the survival-crafting aspect of the genre, allowing for base building and cooperative defense.

HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.

Why similar: Co-op 32.9%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Local Co-Op 7.9%, Survival 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi themed, it provides the ultimate top-down co-op experience with heavy emphasis on defensive stratagems and wave survival.

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 88.4%, Survival 3.5%, Multiplayer 2.6%, Co-op 2.5%, Online Co-Op 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic, hardcore cooperative zombie survival game that emphasizes teamwork and resource scarcity.

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: Zombies 90.7%, Co-op 5.5%, Shooter 2.3%, Top-Down 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, squad-based shooter that excels at co-op wave defense and tactical positioning.

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 2%, Shooter 1.3%, Action 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person zombie shooter that provides a more immersive, horror-focused take on the wave-based survival genre.

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%, Local Co-Op 20.3%, Top-Down 16.2%, Action 14.9%, Horror 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down shooter that focuses on overwhelming odds and powerful weaponry, similar to the arcade feel of 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 first-person zombie shooter that focuses on objective-based survival and team coordination.

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 24.4%, Online Co-Op 22.9%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An intense top-down shooter that rewards tactical movement and precise aiming during chaotic combat encounters.

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 87.6%, Survival 6.5%, Multiplayer 2.7%, Co-op 2.4%, Isometric 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for deep, top-down zombie survival, offering unparalleled base-building and defensive mechanics.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Shooter 22.1%, Action 17%, Local Co-Op 16.4%, Difficult 16.1%, Indie 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity, arcade-style top-down shooter that captures the same 'one more round' addictive quality.

Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.

Why similar: Survival 38.2%, Co-op 35.2%, Horror 11.3%, Action 11.2%, Casual 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style action game that focuses on using creative weaponry to eliminate swarms of pests, sharing the seed game's chaotic energy.

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

Why similar: Zombies 87.8%, Survival 3.5%, Multiplayer 2.7%, Co-op 2.2%, Online Co-Op 1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic multiplayer survival mod turned standalone game that focuses on team-based defense against zombie players.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.5%, Co-op 18.6%, Survival 18.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical game that blends tower defense and survival, requiring you to protect your base while exploring dangerous environments.

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 27.2%, Action 11.6%, Indie 7.7%, Casual 5.9%

“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 87.2%, Survival 5.7%, Co-op 2.8%, Multiplayer 1.8%, Online Co-Op 0.9%

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%, Singleplayer 18.2%, Indie 9.1%

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 87.9%, Survival 5.7%, Top-Down 1.9%, Strategy 1.4%, Action 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 88.9%, Co-op 2.8%, Shooter 2.7%, Top-Down 1.5%, Action 1.4%

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%, Survival 6.6%, Tower Defense 4.1%, Multiplayer 3.1%, Online Co-Op 1.9%

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 42.3%, Strategy 38.2%, Indie 17.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%

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 93.2%, Online Co-Op 2.6%, Multiplayer 2%, Strategy 1.2%, Action 1%

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 45.2%, Indie 40.7%, Singleplayer 14.1%

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 48.9%, Indie 30.1%, Isometric 16%, Singleplayer 5%

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 39.9%, Multiplayer 35.7%, Action 6.9%, Online Co-Op 6.8%, Shooter 4.1%

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

Why similar: Co-op 30%, Multiplayer 27.5%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 8.3%

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 78.7%, Tower Defense 5.4%, Survival 4.6%, Co-op 3.3%, Shooter 1.4%

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

Why similar: Zombies 90.4%, Survival 3.4%, Online Co-Op 3%, Shooter 2.1%, 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 75.2%, Local Co-Op 6.6%, Action 5.8%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Indie 4.4%

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 94%, Casual 3.1%, Difficult 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%

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 2.1%, Multiplayer 1.5%, Difficult 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%

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 28.4%, Indie 17.7%, Casual 13.3%, Arcade 3.5%

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 73.6%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Shooter 6.9%, Action 2.3%, Survival 2.1%

"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%, Indie 0.5%

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 95.4%, Survival 1.9%, Multiplayer 1.1%, Action 1%, Indie 0.6%

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

Why similar: Zombies 85.2%, Co-op 4.4%, Survival 3.8%, Multiplayer 2.2%, Online Co-Op 1.4%

Terrorhedron is the 3D, cooperative tower defense game for the PC. Unmatched challenge and complexity is introduced to the genre through 3 dimensional gameplay, micro-strategy through programmable turrets and 'edge of seat' gameplay is extended to multiplayer with up to 8 players online co-op.

Why similar: Tower Defense 71.6%, Strategy 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Online Co-Op 5.6%, Indie 5.2%

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%, Tower Defense 8.5%, Shooter 3.1%, Strategy 2.2%, Co-op 1.9%

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 81.5%, Co-op 4.7%, Survival 4.6%, Multiplayer 3.4%, Online Co-Op 2.9%

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Why similar: Multiplayer 32.9%, Co-op 24.1%, Shooter 18.2%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Action 7.5%

Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.

Why similar: Action 70.9%, Co-op 9.8%, Shooter 6.1%, Local Co-Op 3.7%, Indie 3.5%

Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!

Why similar: Zombies 81.1%, Tower Defense 9.6%, Multiplayer 4.9%, Strategy 2.2%, Indie 0.9%