Games like ZOMBI

If ZOMBI left you wanting something dark and tense, you have options. These games could fill that gap nicely. Plenty here let you team up if you like.

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.
Dark, Tense, Scary
94% of 373,815 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 39,236$24.99
The Last Stand: Aftermath
You are already infected, and that is the deal: head out into the ruins, scavenge, craft and fight your way forward, and when the virus or the horde catches up, a new volunteer takes over with everything you learned. A tense top-down roguelite where dying is the plan and every run still counts.
Dark, Tense, Scary
80% of 6,158 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$24.99
Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
A zombie survival shooter on an island cut off from the world, where the dead climb out of the soil. Loot a procedurally generated city, fight through endless waves with melee and guns, hunt bosses at the island's interest points, and unlock loadout tiers for your next run. Can you escape? Probably not.
Dark, Tense, Scary
88% of 11,121 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 80Free
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 9,467 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,001$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.
Dark, Tense, Scary
74% of 11,623 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,332$19.99
Survival Zombies The Inverted Evolution
Survival Zombies is a bloody chaotic survival first person shooter that pits heavily armed players against humanity's greatest fear - hordes of undead.
Dark, Tense, Scary
57% of 977 Steam reviews are positive$0.49
No More Room in Hell 2
No More Room in Hell 2 is an 8-player co-op zombie shooter about slow, careful survival. You deploy as a Responder, finish objectives, and extract together while infection and permadeath hang over every fight. Best played with voice chat, shared loot, and a plan.
Dark, Tense, Scary
63% of 17,916 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,426$29.99
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Los Perdidos is overrun, and a military strike will wipe the whole city off the map unless you find a way out. Scavenge, craft absurd combo weapons and vehicles, and carve a path through huge hordes, alone or with a friend. A big, bloody, funny open world that takes zombie survival far less seriously than you'd expect.
Dark, Tense, Scary
77% of 13,949 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 127$29.99
Iron Blight
A cold, rainy Eastern Bloc town, a collapsed state, and one goal: survive the night and find your wife, Valeria. Every bullet counts, guns jam, and your backpack only holds so much. A retro survival horror with no HUD, where the streets are empty and the sounds in them are not.
Dark, Tense, Scary
93% of 1,091 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$12.49
Ice Station Z
Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.
Dark, Tense, Scary
75% of 188 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.99
Dead Island 2
A virus has turned Los Angeles into a zombie hunting ground, and you are bitten but not quite turning. Pick a slayer, grab something sharp, and carve through sunny streets while you work out why you are immune and what that makes you.
Dark, Tense, Scary
77% of 24,201 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,881$49.99
Infectonator: Survivors
Lead a small band of survivors through a randomly generated city overrun by zombies. Scavenge for food and ammo, build defenses, level up your people and try to reach rescue before it all falls apart. Death is permanent, the pixel art is charming, and every run plays out differently.
Dark, Tense, Scary
66% of 1,006 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$9.99

Cheaper than ZOMBI

Contagion

A zombie survival shooter that takes its time. Ammo is scarce, the undead are slow but relentless, and a built-in randomization system changes…

$9.99

Survival Zombies The Inverted Evolution

Survival Zombies is a bloody chaotic survival first person shooter that pits heavily armed players against humanity's greatest fear - hordes of…

$0.49

Ice Station Z

Thirdperson Open World Zombie Survival.

$4.99

Iron Blight

Scavenge a dead town in first person, count every bullet and every can of food, and listen for what moves in the rain.

$12.49

Infectonator: Survivors

Run a group of survivors through a zombie apocalypse: scavenge, build, fight, and hope someone makes it out.

$9.99

Deadly 30

Scavenge by day, fortify by night, and hold your base against the horde for 30 days.

$4.99

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

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

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

Deadlight: Director's Cut

A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on.

$11.99

Stay Alive: Apocalypse

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

$8.99

Dead Effect

Shoot your way through an infected colony ship, one corridor and one horde at a time.

$4.99

Hidden gems like ZOMBI

Iron Blight

Scavenge a dead town in first person, count every bullet and every can of food, and listen for what moves in the rain.

$12.49

Echoes of the Living

Explore a fog-choked town, ration your ammo and piece together the mystery while the dead close in.

$24.99

Terminus: Zombie Survivors

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

$19.99

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

Heaven Dust 2

Deep inside a research base, waking up from a cryogenic pod, you find yourself trapped in a living hell, surrounded by zombies.

$14.99

HumanitZ

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

$19.99

Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha

Scavenge a procedurally generated island city with friends, fight the climbing dead, and push your loadout a little further each attempt.

Free

SURV1V3

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

$24.99

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

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

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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