Games like Dead Matter

Still thinking about Dead Matter and its dark and tense tone? Start with these games when you are ready. Many of them are fun to share with friends.

SurrounDead
Five years after the virus, the towns are quiet, the dead are not, and survival is up to you. SurrounDead drops you into a wide open wasteland to loot guns and coats, trade for the missing piece, fortify a hideout, and keep your car running. Rough, roomy, and easy to lose an evening in.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Scary
90% of 25,306 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,612$11.99
DREADZONE
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Brutal
51% of 1,189 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Mist Survival
A virus wiped out most of the world, and you are one of the few immune. Scavenge forests, villages and a military camp, build and defend a base, and keep survivors alive. The catch: dense mist rolls in without warning, and that is when the infected come hunting. A tense single-player survival sandbox with real teeth.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Brutal
75% of 13,732 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 99$10.99
Survive the Nights
A hardcore zombie survival sandbox where the day is for work and the night is for holding on. Fortify a house or turn a school bus into a rolling fortress, alone or with friends.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
68% of 4,799 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 69$19.99
Zombie Survival Game Online
Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival. Parkour up a mountainside, ramp a truck over a horde, and grab a gasmask to explore the sewers. Can you survive? Doubtful.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
67% of 275 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
VEIN
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival sandbox for going it alone or rebuilding with friends. You scavenge abandoned buildings, fight zombies and bandits, fortify a safehouse, grow food, and keep a car running after the canned goods run out.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
87% of 12,328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 838$19.99
DeadPoly
DeadPoly is a low-poly zombie survival looter shooter: scavenge, craft, build a base, level up, and stay fed while the world falls apart. Survival is the only goal; everything else is optional. Play alone, on servers, or in co-op with friends, and see how long you last.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
78% of 5,584 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 124$9.99
Project Zomboid
Project Zomboid strands you in towns loosely based on Kentucky with no rescue coming. You loot, barricade and craft, and every run turns into your own survival story. Punishing and darkly funny, it is worth playing if you want a zombie sandbox where planning each step beats rushing.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
94% of 373,815 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38,687$24.99
Afterinfection
Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand. After creating your survivor, you’ll start with nothing and have to make your way across a large island searching for food, water, weapons, and crafting supplies.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Scary
56% of 469 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$2.24
HumanitZ
HumanitZ is an isometric open-world zombie survival sandbox where zeeks have taken over and humans are nearly done for. Scavenge cities, live off the land, craft, build, and drive through bad weather and worse company, solo or with friends. Survive as long as humanly possible, and maybe push toward the island that holds the truth.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Replayable
74% of 11,623 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
Another Try 2
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.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark, Tense, Scary
53% of 1,009 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99
Nearly Dead
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.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Replayable
43% of 257 Steam reviews are positive$24.99

Cheaper than Dead Matter

SurrounDead

Scavenge a zombie-ridden open world for gear and supplies, trade for what you lack, and turn a hideout into a base that keeps you alive.

$11.99

Mist Survival

Scavenge, build and defend a base while the infected hunt in the fog.

$10.99

Zombie Survival Game Online

Zombie Survival Game Online is an open-world, post-apocalyptic, looter shooter. Craft, quest, explore, build, and fight for survival.

$9.99

DeadPoly

Loot a low-poly apocalypse for supplies, raise a base, and keep yourself fed as long as you can, alone or with friends.

$9.99

The Infected

Gather, craft and build through the seasons, with the option to face the Vambies or leave them out entirely.

$15.99

Afterinfection

Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand.

$2.24

Another Try 2

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.

$6.99

Another Try

The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors!

$2.99

ZED ZONE

Scavenge a hostile open world, craft and mod your gear, raise a fortified base and push toward escape, alone or with friends.

$7.19

Not Quite Dead: Open World Survival

Open world zombie survival Coop game with base building, looting, crafting, vehicles, and exploration.

$12.99

Dead District: Survival

Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.

$9.99

No One Survived

Scavenge, craft and build a real home in a grim zombie world, then hold it when the dead close in, alone or with friends.

$16.99

Hidden gems like Dead Matter

Human Host

Gather and build by day, survive the night horde, or put your whole base on wheels and move on before the zombies catch up.

$16.88

Outbreak Island

Search a fog-bound island for your missing father while the dead rise after dark and a ruined farm slowly becomes your stronghold.

$14.99

ZED ZONE

Scavenge a hostile open world, craft and mod your gear, raise a fortified base and push toward escape, alone or with friends.

$7.19

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

Keep a fragile group of survivors fed, armed and moving through a grim, tense story where every choice can cost a life.

$24.99

VEIN

Scavenge, build and fight your way through a grim open world, alone or with friends at your side.

$19.99

Project: Mist

Scavenge a monster-haunted island, build a moving base on rails, and uncover its secrets alone or with friends.

$17.99

Plains of Pain

A brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where the sun itself is out to kill you.

$19.99

HumanitZ

Scavenge ruined cities, build a shelter worth defending, and see how long you last in a grim open world.

$19.99

Survive the Nights

Scavenge, fortify a shelter and get ready before dark, then survive the night alone or with friends in a grim, tense zombie world.

$19.99

Night of the Dead

An open-world zombie survival game where the day is for gathering, crafting and building, and the night is for holding the line.

$29.99

Infection Free Zone

Build a survivor colony anywhere on the map, scavenge by day and fight off the infected when night falls.

$24.99

SurrounDead

Scavenge a zombie-ridden open world for gear and supplies, trade for what you lack, and turn a hideout into a base that keeps you alive.

$11.99

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