Games like Refuge

If the tense and replayable rhythm of Refuge stuck with you, this helps. These games could fill that gap nicely.

DARKEST DAYS
DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark, Scary
49% of 5,271 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 124Free
State of Survival: Last Warrior
Build a shelter to fend off the zombies and survive in the apocalypse
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark, Scary
44% of 41 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
Infection Free Zone
Pick any real place on Earth, from your own street to a city across the ocean, and turn it into a survivor settlement after a virus empties the world. Scavenge familiar buildings by day, then hold your walls against fast, aggressive infected hordes every night. A colony sim with a map you already know.
Tense, Dark, Scary
80% of 16,807 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 480$24.99
Town Of The Dead Life 死寂之城
《Town Of The Dead Life》 is an independent game with the background of eschatology. Players will play the role of one of the few surviving humans in the end of the world, surviving in difficult conditions and trying to change the fate of the world.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
66% of 159 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Another Try
The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors! You will have to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world populated by the living dead.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark, Scary
49% of 290 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Shelter Manager
We live in a troubled world. Viruses, military conflicts - you never know what danger the world will face tomorrow. It's time to get ready now! Lead a bunker network and start developing society after a global disaster.
Replayable, Dark
62% of 251 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Apocalypse: The Last RV
You die in the apocalypse, then wake up seven days before it starts. This time you know what is coming: make money, hoard supplies and turn an RV into a warm, self-sufficient home on a freezing, ruined road. A story-rich survival management game with farming, crafting, card combat and roguelite runs.
Tense, Replayable, Dark
67% of 246 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$4.99
Welcome to ParadiZe
The apocalypse with staff. In ParadiZe you hack the zombies that overran the world and put them to work: farming, fighting, guarding your camp while you explore snow and desert for a better paradise. A bloody, fast-paced action RPG with a mean sense of humour, playable solo or with up to three friends.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark, Scary
67% of 1,128 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$2.99
LifeZ - Survival
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
Tense, Dark, Scary
68% of 222 Steam reviews are positive$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 Co-op · Tense, Dark, Scary
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 Co-op · Tense, Replayable, Dark
74% of 11,621 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
Rebirth evolution
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Dark
62% of 125 Steam reviews are positive$8.99

Cheaper than Refuge

Welcome to ParadiZe

Turn the undead into farmhands and bodyguards, then carve a home out of a ruined world, alone or with friends.

$2.99

Another Try

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

$2.99

SurvivalZ

A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors!

$0.69

FALL

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…

Free

NightZ

Events occur several months after the global epidemic. Infected turned into aggressive creatures. All survivors are infected with the virus.

$0.99

Afterinfection

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

$2.24

Decision: Red Daze

Lead a squad of survivors through a zombie-ridden wasteland, claim its ruins and turn them into settlements that can hold out against the Red Daze.

$3.99

Last Whisper

Last Whisper Survival is a cooperative zombie survival game where exploration of the open world is key.

$2.99

Fallen Region

Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.

$1.99

Survivor Alliance

Go hunt zombies! Survivor Alliance is a survivor like game that combines zombie and pigeon elements, strengthening oneself through repeated choices…

$0.99

尸来运转-Lucky Zombie Survival

You knew in advance before the zombie crisis breake out, go to the supermarket to buy everything you need!

$3.99

Sheltered

Ration every drop, scavenge the wasteland above, and make the calls that decide who survives down in the bunker.

$4.49

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Keep Her Safe

Scavenge guns, bolt them onto your base and hold off zombie hordes until the rocket flies.

$9.99

Survival Log

Scavenge a dying city, build up your shelter and hold out against the horde in a roguelite survival run where death carries your memories forward.

$10.99

FALL

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…

Free

Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Recruit strangers, build a camp and hold it together while an infected survivor hides in plain sight.

$11.99

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

Urban Strife

A turn-based tactical survival RPG with real bullet physics, factions with their own agendas and a shelter to rebuild.

$34.99

Apocalypse: The Last RV

Rewind to the week before the apocalypse, stockpile supplies, upgrade your RV and survive the frozen road in runs that play out differently every…

$4.99

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

SURV1V3

Scavenge, sneak and shoot through a zombie-infested city in VR, alone or with up to three friends.

$24.99

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