- #1 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 885 reviews2019
Dev: Giant Grey
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.6%, Zombies 27%, Strategy 18.5%, Tactical 13.1%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same core loop of tactical base defense and unit management against relentless waves of enemies.
- #2 They Are Billions
96% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Zombies 40.8%, Tower Defense 33.4%, Strategy 20.7%, Tactical 4.4%, Indie 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive real-time strategy game focused on building and defending a colony against massive swarms of zombies.
- #3 Infection Free Zone
96% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Zombies 58.7%, Strategy 26.3%, Simulation 15%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the city-scale survival and defensive strategy elements found in the seed game.
- #4 Zombie Defense
95% matchVery Positive84% of 2,165 reviews2016
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 46.2%, Tower Defense 35.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Action 3.8%, Indie 2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct tactical defense game that focuses on deploying units to hold specific points against zombie waves.
- #5 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.5%, Strategy 24.4%, Tactical 21.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes survival RTS that challenges players to defend against thousands of enemies using tactical positioning.
- #6 Frontline Zed
94% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: Richard EastPub: Volcanic Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 36%, Tower Defense 34.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Action 6.6%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the defensive tactical action of holding a line against incoming hordes.
- #7 War Of The Zombie
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: Van der Veer Games
Windows · Mac
War of the Zombie brings together the best of turn-based simulation and real-time strategic gameplay action across the entire world at the very start of a mysterious undead outbreak.
Why similar: Strategy 37.4%, Zombies 35.9%, Simulation 26.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar military-themed global strategy experience focused on containing a zombie outbreak.
- #8 BARRICADEZ
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Fly Penguin inc.
Windows · Mac
Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Zombies 32.7%, Strategy 16.7%, Tactical 11.3%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tower defense mechanics with base building to create a robust defensive strategy experience.
- #9 Last Outpost
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.8%, Zombies 29.1%, Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 9.9%, Indie 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A blend of city-building and tower defense that requires careful resource management to survive zombie attacks.
- #10 Emerge: Cities of the Apocalypse
91% matchMixed70% of 161 reviews2016
Dev: Emilios Manolidis
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Part turn-based resource management, part real-time defense shooter, Emerge places you into a futuristic world, ravaged by a zombie Apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 54.7%, Tower Defense 45.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that centers on managing city defenses and resources during a zombie outbreak.
- #11 Diplomacy is Not an Option
89% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 36.8%, Tower Defense 19.5%, Military 10.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Tactical 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the tactical defense of a base against massive, overwhelming enemy hordes.
- #12 The Last Haven
89% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Simulation 19.4%, Zombies 18.8%, Indie 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the base-building and simulation aspects of surviving a post-apocalyptic zombie world.
- #13 Infectonator: Survivors
90% matchMixed67% of 1,151 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"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 40.3%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 8.6%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends strategy and survival mechanics with a focus on managing a group of survivors in a zombie-infested world.
- #14 Yet Another Zombie Defense
88% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 90.3%, Tower Defense 6.2%, Strategy 1.9%, Action 1%, Indie 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-strategy game that focuses on building defenses to survive the night against zombies.
- #15 Z-Collapse
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Pok&Co
Windows
Inspired by Max Brooks' World War Z novel, Z-Collapse takes you into a worldwide zombie apocalypse. As leader of the government of your choosing, make sure your country survives! Dramatic decisions are ahead of you. How do you manage them?
Why similar: Zombies 25.5%, Strategy 23.5%, Military 18.2%, Simulation 17.9%, War 14.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a grand-strategy approach to managing a global zombie outbreak and defensive efforts.
- #16 Deadly Days
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,877 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 51.5%, Strategy 24.5%, Action 10.5%, Indie 9.4%, Tactical 4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical zombie survival game that focuses on managing a group of survivors through strategic decision-making.
- #17 Last Hope - Tower Defense
86% matchVery Positive83% of 456 reviews2016
Dev: JE Software
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48%, Zombies 33.9%, Strategy 14.1%, Indie 4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense game that focuses on strategic placement to stop zombie incursions.
- #18 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
82% matchVery Positive82% of 10,961 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Zombies 56.5%, Military 24.2%, Simulation 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy game that focuses on the tactical choices required to survive a post-apocalyptic outbreak.
- #19 Zombie Cure Lab
84% matchMixed69% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.9%, Zombies 34.3%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 13%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that incorporates base-building and defensive strategies to protect your population.
- #20 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
85% matchVery Positive86% of 2,019 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Zombies 55.5%, Strategy 27.6%, Simulation 16.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep city-scale strategy experience focused on reclaiming territory from the undead.
- #21 Decision: Red Daze
83% 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 44%, Tower Defense 35.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Action 8%, Indie 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that emphasizes base defense and survival in a dangerous, zombie-filled world.
- #22 Envy the Dead
84% matchMixed66% of 244 reviews2016
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 35.7%, Tower Defense 19.9%, Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Tactical 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a tactical strategy experience focused on resource management and survival against zombies.
- #23 SurvivalZ
82% matchMixed60% of 316 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors! Alone or in groups you will have to survive in a hostile world populated by living dead!
Why similar: Zombies 62.3%, Action 20.8%, Indie 16.9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented survival game that requires defensive strategies to stay alive.
- #24 Dead Unending
81% 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 84.6%, Action 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on base-building and survival in an open-world setting with constant zombie threats.
- #25 Undead Development
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 349 reviews2021
Dev: Masterstrike
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
How long would you survive in this unrealistic representation of the zombie apocalypse? Scavenge for supplies, find a base, and construct your defenses. Break down furniture and board up your home. Set bear traps, nail your axe to a gun, or find your own ways to fight off the undead. VR required.
Why similar: Zombies 62.6%, Simulation 17.4%, Indie 10.5%, Action 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building survival game that emphasizes tactical defense in an open world.
- #26 BiteVille
81% matchMixed54% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Veelhoek Studios
Windows
The world has fallen victim to a deadly virus, zombies now roam the lands. While running for your life you stumble upon a small city. Claim this city as your own, protect it with your life and maybe other survivors will find you.
Why similar: Zombies 58.9%, Strategy 29.7%, Action 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy game that focuses on cooperative defense against zombie waves.
- #27 Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 504 reviews2016
Dev: Artem Kotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The sequel to the hit strategy game, with new weapons, landscapes, and options.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41%, Strategy 37.2%, Action 12.6%, Indie 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A pure tower defense experience that mirrors the tactical unit placement found in the seed game.
- #28 City Defense Z
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 300 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.4%, Zombies 31.1%, Strategy 14.4%, Tactical 13.6%, Action 5.2%
- #29 Sanctum 2
78% matchVery Positive90% of 14,356 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 73.7%, Strategy 17.4%, Action 5.6%, Indie 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique hybrid of first-person action and tower defense strategy for defending against hordes.
- #30 Cube Defense
79% matchMixed60% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
You left alone camping in the mountains ... But during this time a virus has invaded the country and a cubic horde is heading towards you!
Why similar: Zombies 58.1%, Indie 21.5%, Action 20.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual tower defense game that provides straightforward strategic challenges against zombie enemies.
- #31 Epicenter VR
77% matchMixed65% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: FiveVolt Games
Windows
Save the last survivors after a deadly zombie virus has taken over your island home. Protect those closest to you at all costs and evacuate before supplies run out.
Why similar: Zombies 85.9%, Action 14.1%
- #32 Z Dawn
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 282 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Zombies 42.5%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 10.7%, Action 6.9%
- #33 Another Try 2
75% matchMixed54% of 1,065 reviews2025
Dev: Hoki Wolf Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.
Why similar: Zombies 86.6%, Action 13.4%
- #34 God Vs Zombies
78% matchMostly Negative30% of 67 reviews2018
Pub: Displacement Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Survive like a God in this inspiring survival simulation game.
Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Strategy 29.2%, Simulation 21.5%, Action 10.8%, Indie 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-strategy game that allows for god-like control over defensive efforts against zombies.
- #35 SwarmZ
76% matchMixed66% of 401 reviews2019
Dev: Mutiny Software
Windows
Face massive zombie swarms in this funny post-apocalyptic tactical sandbox! Do you know what it's like to be surrounded by 100,000 zombies? Well, you're about to find out!
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Strategy 27.3%, Simulation 18.2%, Tactical 10.2%, Action 8.7%
- #36 Risen Kingdom
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 442 reviews2020
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.
Why similar: Strategy 32.2%, Tower Defense 32%, Zombies 27%, Indie 8.8%
- #37 VAR: Exterminate
74% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2021
Dev: VAR LIVE International Ltd
Windows
The fight is here, humanity’s fate is in your hands! Match up different offensive and defensive upgrades between waves and fend off the onslaught of zombies. Level up and strengthen core abilities and progress to new areas where strains of the virus have evolved.
Why similar: Zombies 83.4%, Action 16.6%
- #38 Atom Zombie Smasher
72% matchVery Positive90% of 2,085 reviews2011
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: Tower Defense 33.6%, Zombies 33%, Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 11.7%, Action 4.7%
- #39 IRON GUARD
71% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Xlab Digital
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A sci-fi roomscale VR Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with a handheld drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.3%, Strategy 19.9%, Military 15.7%, War 10.5%, Action 6.6%
- #40 UNDEAD FACTORY:Zombie Pandemic
73% matchMixed58% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: BTD STUDIO Co.,ltd.
Windows
Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!
Why similar: Strategy 49.6%, Zombies 43.4%, Indie 7.1%
- #41 FALL
69% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: 谭浩翔
Windows
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 55.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Military 13%, Simulation 11.6%, Action 6.7%
- #42 Zombie Gunship Survival
71% matchMixed50% of 2,199 reviews2021
Dev: Flaregames
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The Apocalypse came and went. All we have left is our will to survive, the endless hordes of zombies, and enough bullets to rip them all to shreds.
Why similar: Zombies 29%, Tower Defense 24.1%, Military 15.8%, Strategy 14.5%, War 11.2%
- #43 Survivor Squad
72% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 54.8%, Strategy 28.1%, Action 9.1%, Indie 8%
- #44 Rabiez: Epidemic
73% matchMixed44% of 238 reviews2016
Dev: Sekerin ProductionsPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Real-time combat in the zombie apocalypse! Guide your survivors through hordes of the infected to escape the epicentre of infection!
Why similar: Strategy 53.7%, Indie 46.3%
- #45 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
70% matchMixed61% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 69.3%, Simulation 20.7%, Action 10%
- #46 Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 221 reviews2022
Dev: Seasun Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved is a villain protagonist real-time strategy game. You will play as the King of the Dead and rule the world once again by creating zombie legions and destroying human cities. As the King of the Dead, you can infect humans, turn them into zombies and rule the world!
Why similar: Zombies 45.9%, Strategy 19%, Tactical 17.4%, Simulation 12.7%, Indie 5%
- #47 Abyss Raiders: Uncharted
73% matchMixed42% of 175 reviews2015
Dev: DarkStar GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Abyss Raiders: Uncharted is an action tower defence game, set in a future where robots are the dominant species in the universe. You will need to survive waves of fierce enemies whilst searching for the ancient ruins that have the power to prevent the second apocalypse.
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Tower Defense 41.2%, Action 10%, Indie 7.1%
- #48 Ultimate Zombie Defense 2
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 677 reviews2025
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 44.2%, Strategy 20%, Tactical 14.2%, Military 14%, Action 7.6%
- #49 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 38.3%, Tower Defense 33.6%, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 6.3%
- #50 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
67% matchVery Positive88% of 428 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, Zombies 25.7%, Strategy 17%, Tactical 13.7%, Action 5.6%
- #51 Zombie Riot
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 91 reviews2017
Dev: PlaySide VR
Windows
ZR is an action packed horror survival game where you must use your wits and surroundings to survive the apocalypse! Purchase a huge array of weapons, from Dual Pistols to a Tesla Assault Rifle! All in your own home, survive the end of the world in this visually stunning VR experience!
Why similar: Zombies 37.8%, Strategy 36.1%, Action 15.3%, Indie 10.8%
- #52 Lop Nor Zombie VR (HTC Vive)
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: 哈视奇科技
Windows
In a west lab of Lop Nor, staff were infected by virus and become to Zombies. Soldier 9527 discovered the threaten and entered the town to investigate what happened in the town. You have to survive by killing all the zombies you met.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #53 Zombo Buster Advance
67% matchVery Positive83% of 242 reviews2020
Dev: FIREBEAST
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Zombo Buster Advance is a tower defense game taking place inside buildings with interchangeable elevators. Deploy, swap and shoot like a boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.6%, Zombies 30.1%, Strategy 16.8%, Military 7.6%, Tactical 7.2%
- #54 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
67% matchVery Positive84% of 3,026 reviews2017
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 39.8%, Tower Defense 36.8%, Strategy 16%, Action 4.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #55 Northend Tower Defense
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,398 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Military 13.9%, War 11.9%, Tactical 11.6%
- #56 Endless Horde
68% matchMixed66% of 196 reviews2017
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The horde is here to eat your brain and murder every single one of your scientists. Gather your forces, this is the last stand before we lose the facility! Place guards, close doors, and position traps. Survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, Zombies 25%, Strategy 10.4%, Tactical 10.1%, War 8.8%
- #57 Doomsday: Last Survivors
65% matchMixed66% of 845 reviews2023
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 95.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
New tower defense gameplay! The apocalypse has come, and zombies are running amok. As the leader of the survivors, collect and use resources to defend their last shelter!
Why similar: Zombies 50.9%, Strategy 49.1%
- #58 Polygon Hero
68% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Ravinia
Windows · Mac
Defend your city against the zombies before the infection spreads too far!
Why similar: Strategy 72.1%, Action 27.9%