Games like Zelter

Miss the retro and dark pull of Zelter? These games make natural next picks for you. Most of them work well for a shared session.

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, Tense, Scary
74% of 11,598 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
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 · Retro, Dark, Tense
81% of 3,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,206$7.19
Zompiercer
Zompiercer puts a zombie apocalypse on rails: your train is your home, workshop and fortress, and the world beyond the tracks is full of the dead. Scavenge handcrafted locations, craft weapons, grow food and furnish your rolling base, then ride on to the next region. A scrappy, tense survival shooter with a genuinely cozy idea at its heart.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Scary
88% of 4,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 27$19.99
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to the undead, and you lead ordinary survivors trying to get out alive. Scavenge ruined streets, craft weapons and shelter upgrades, and keep moving from refuge to refuge as the hordes close in.
Dark, Tense, Scary
89% of 9,459 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,001$24.99
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. 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, Tense, Scary
77% of 10,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 145$29.99
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, Tense, Scary
51% of 1,189 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
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 Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, 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.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Scary
68% of 222 Steam reviews are positive$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 · Dark, Tense, Scary
94% of 373,478 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22,903$24.99
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, Tense, Scary
79% of 5,719 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 124$9.99
Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Scary
79% of 820 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.99
Survival Log
You get 10 hours before the zombies come, then 100 days to live with what you grabbed. Scavenge the city, fortify your home, farm, cook, keep the lights on, and hold the door when the horde arrives. Death just sends your memories into the next run.
Also in Survival crafting · Dark, Tense, Scary
82% of 3,779 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 747$10.99

Cheaper than Zelter

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

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

Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存

You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or…

$7.99

Flesh Eaters

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

$2.99

Another Try

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

$2.99

Stay Alive: Apocalypse

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

$8.99

Night Raider

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

$5.99

The Last Disease Z

The Last Disease Z is a harsh multiplayer survival experience where everything is against you.

$8.99

Survivalist

Build a community of survivors in a post-apocalyptic open world where every choice has consequences.

$4.99

Afterinfection

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

$2.24

Rebirth evolution

2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants.

$8.99

Deadly Days

Lead survivors through a zombie outbreak, racing the clock to grab supplies and turning everyday objects into absurd weapons.

$0.95

Hidden gems like Zelter

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

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

Terminus: Zombie Survivors

Scavenge a new city each run, spend your action points carefully, and fight toward an escape or a cure.

$19.99

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

Night Raider

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

$5.99

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

Survival Machine

Build up a colossal moving base, keep it fueled, and defend its deck from zombie hordes by night, alone or with friends.

$19.99

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

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

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