Games like Nearly Dead

Did Nearly Dead leave you in a dark and brutal frame of mind? Browse these games for your next favorite. Most of them work well for a shared session.

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 25,316 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,494$11.99
ZED ZONE
Your plane crashes in a quarantined zone full of zombies, mutants and rogue machines. Scavenge, craft, build a fortified base, level up your skills and fight your way toward escape. A top-down survival sandbox with guns you can mod, a loyal dog, and hordes that test every wall you build.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Replayable, Retro
81% of 4,435 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,401$7.19
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. Explore the island, gear up, raise a fortress and survive the horde that comes after every sunset, alone or with friends.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Brutal, Replayable
77% of 10,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 152$29.99
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 · Dark, Replayable, Tense
78% of 5,589 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 116$9.99
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 · Dark, Brutal, Tense
51% of 1,189 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
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 · Dark, Brutal, Replayable
74% of 11,630 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,090$19.99
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 · Dark, Brutal, Replayable
87% of 12,355 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 693$19.99
No One Survived
A hardcore open-world survival sandbox in a zombie apocalypse. Track hunger, thirst, illness and mood, learn everything from metallurgy to cooking, build a real house with load-bearing walls, and defend it when the horde comes. Play alone or with friends, and tune the apocalypse to your taste.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Brutal, Replayable
64% of 7,023 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$16.99
Dead Maze
A 2D isometric MMO in a wrecked modern world, where everyone fights the zombies together. Scavenge 500+ weapons, manage hunger and fatigue, build a camp, and help other survivors instead of fighting them.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Retro, Tense
75% of 4,822 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38Free
Stay Alive: Apocalypse
You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Brutal, Replayable
45% of 142 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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 · Dark, Replayable, Tense
94% of 374,233 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53,563$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, Brutal, Tense
75% of 13,735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 113$10.99

Cheaper than Nearly Dead

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

Nearly Dead - Live and Let Die

2D top-down multi co-op action game. Survive the zombies together with a stranger.

$6.99

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

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

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

HumanitZ

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

$19.99

VEIN

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

$19.99

Stay Alive: Apocalypse

You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right.

$8.99

Mist Survival

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

$10.99

The Infected

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

$15.99

Flesh Eaters

Lead a squad through short, brutal survival runs where every scrap looted and every barricade built decides who makes it out alive.

$4.99

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

Hidden gems like Nearly Dead

Deadline Escape

Raid zombie-filled maps against a countdown, haul your loot home and turn it into better gear.

$4.99

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

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

Night Raider

Raid a zombie-ridden city in tense top-down runs, where every bullet counts and death leaves your gear behind.

$5.99

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

Dead Engine

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack.

$7.99

Dread Dawn

Scavenge a quarantined city for food and materials, fortify your school camp with other survivors, and hold out against the hordes until rescue…

$19.99

HumanitZ

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

$19.99

Nearly Dead - Live and Let Die

2D top-down multi co-op action game. Survive the zombies together with a stranger.

$6.99

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

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