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Command automated military defenses, upgrade your fortress, and survive massive zombie waves in this action-packed idle defense game. Build powerful defenses, unlock upgrades, and hold the line against endless undead hordes.
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$29.99Night of the Dead
May 31 · Jackto Studios
Both: Zombies · Tower Defense · Survival
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Open World Survival CraftZombiesTower DefenseMultiplayerSingleplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingSurvivalBase Building👍 10,381
$19.99Dread Dawn
Sep 30 · Kioop
Both: Zombies · Survival · Tower Defense
This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.
ZombiesSurvivalExplorationSandboxOpen WorldBase BuildingTower DefenseAdventureRPGAtmospheric👍 2,113
$9.99Zombie Builder Defense 2
Nov 10 · Noham Games
Both: Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Zombies
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTop-DownBuildingZombiesPost-apocalypticBase Building👍 210
$6.99Another Try 2
Apr 17 · Hoki Wolf Studio
Both: Survival · Zombies
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.
Early AccessSurvivalAdventurePost-apocalypticZombiesExplorationLootCraftingDrivingAction👍 1,002
$19.99Survive the Nights
Dec 5 · a2z Interactive
Both: Zombies · Survival · Shooter
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
ZombiesMultiplayerSandboxSurvivalPost-apocalypticAtmosphericRealisticInventory ManagementAdventureShooter👍 4,723
-43%$11.39Survival Machine
Jun 12 · Grape Pickers
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingOnline Co-OpZombiesResource ManagementCraftingCombatExplorationThird Person👍 692
$44.997 Days to Die
Jul 25 · The Fun Pimps
Both: Survival · Zombies
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
SurvivalZombiesMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingPost-apocalypticOnline Co-OpVoxelBuilding👍 279,474
-70%$2.39Necrosmith 2
Mar 27 · Alawar
Both: Tower Defense
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
Tower DefenseStrategyRogueliteReal-TimeBullet HellManagementSimulationTop-DownActionExploration👍 1,316
$3.99Last Hope: Zombie Autobattler
Jul 27 · Hands-Off Games
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies · Survival
Build your towers and let them do the killing! Connect 12 unique towers through the Reactor to discover 144 devastating synergies. Kill endless zombie hordes, mutate them for bigger rewards, and push your build to the limit in a chaotic bullet hell.
Tower DefenseIdlerZombiesBullet HeavenRogueliteRoguelikeResource ManagementSurvivalPost-apocalypticStrategy
$16.99No One Survived
Dec 27 · Cat Play Studio
Both: Survival · Zombies
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
SurvivalOpen WorldZombiesMultiplayerCraftingSurvival HorrorPost-apocalypticExplorationBuildingCo-op👍 6,970
$6.99Incrempire
Jul 21 · FMGames, Regnum Noctis
Both: Incremental · Survival · Tower Defense
Defend. Upgrade. Dominate. A relaxing incremental base-defense game, packed with powerful skills and a deep skill tree.
IncrementalRelaxingIdlerBullet HeavenSurvivalRogueliteTower DefenseAuto BattlerStrategyCasual👍 168
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Survival · Tower Defense · Shooter
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
$7.99Northend Tower Defense
Sep 4 · Northend Games
Both: Tower Defense
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Tower DefenseIndieStrategyAuto BattlerWarAction RTSReal Time TacticsManagementTacticalMilitary👍 1,308
$4.99Doom Sweeper
Jun 8 · Paper Dog
Both: Tower Defense
DOOM SWEEPER is a 2D pixel-style game. Clean up the approaching zombie climax, and exchange it for cash, embarking on a journey to become an arms dealer in the apocalypse. Complete the game, unlock more items in the shop, and achieve various achievements to obtain different CG!
Action RoguelikeHack and SlashTower DefenseIdlerRogueliteRoguelikeStrategyRPGPost-apocalyptic2D👍 782
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Tower Defense
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
-30%$17.49Infection Free Zone
Apr 11 · Jutsu Games
Both: Zombies · Survival
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Early AccessBase BuildingPost-apocalypticZombiesCity BuilderStrategyManagementSurvivalSimulationRTS👍 16,573
$9.99Cluckmech Oasis
May 9 · BlackLight
Both: Tower Defense · Shooter
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
StrategyRoguelikeTower DefensePixel GraphicsTop-Down ShooterCuteRogueliteBuildingActionShooter👍 3,078
-50%$4.99Apocalypse Party
Nov 30 · Breaker Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Zombies
Apocalypse Party is a 3D top-down action Roguelike game. In this game, you will embark on a new mission to traverse through the Middle Ages and gradually master abilities, and arm yourself to become the strongest survivor through numerous choices.
CasualSingleplayerAction RoguelikeOnline Co-OpTop-Down ShooterBullet HellRogueliteShoot 'Em UpRoguelikeZombies👍 4,658
$4.99Limsod
Feb 9 · Limsod Games
Both: Zombies · Shooter
Limsod is an FPS set in a post-apocalyptic universe in which you must fight for survival in a world infested with flesh-eating zombies. Upgrade your equipment and play in a variety of maps and game modes.
ZombiesFPSShooterHorrorPvE3DPost-apocalypticOpen WorldActionGun Customization
$5.99Night Raider
Jan 26 · TSUKUYOMIC
Both: Zombies · Shooter
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...
AdventureGun CustomizationTop-Down ShooterInventory ManagementPixel GraphicsZombiesPerma DeathDarkExplorationShooter👍 1,910
$19.99Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Aug 19 · Longplay Studios
Both: Survival · Zombies
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
SurvivalZombiesRoguelikeOpen World Survival CraftTurn-Based StrategyOpen WorldSandboxRPGPixel GraphicsExploration👍 4,341
$14.99Yet Another Zombie Survivors
Aug 20 · Awesome Games Studio
Both: Zombies
The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeZombiesTop-Down ShooterRogueliteIndieArcadeSingleplayerAction RPGRoguelike👍 14,162
-66%$8.49Zombie Cure Lab
May 27 · Thera Bytes GmbH
Both: Zombies · Tower Defense
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Colony SimZombiesSciencePost-apocalypticResource ManagementBase BuildingOutbreak SimCity BuilderTower DefenseSandbox👍 393
$14.99IDUN - Frontline Survival
Jan 20 · IDUN Interactive
Both: Tower Defense · Survival
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
3DBuildingWargameTower DefenseStrategyRTSSurvivalBase BuildingMiningSci-fi👍 685
$19.99HumanitZ
Feb 6 · Yodubzz Studios
Both: Survival · Zombies · Shooter
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
SurvivalZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerBase BuildingCraftingSandboxIsometricPost-apocalypticShooter👍 11,166
$6.99FatalZone
Sep 17 · Midhard Games
Both: Zombies · Survival
FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!
Action RoguelikeBullet HellZombiesSurvivalRogueliteTop-Down ShooterArena ShooterActionAction RPGTop-Down👍 2,126
$19.99Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
Oct 29 · DAWINSTONE
Both: Zombies · Survival
The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.
RPGIndiePost-apocalypticAction RPGZombiesMilitaryOpen WorldSurvivalOpen World Survival Craft2D👍 908
-40%$10.49Tower Dominion
May 7 · Parallel 45 Games
Both: Tower Defense
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Tower DefenseStrategyBase BuildingRoguelikeRTSTacticalRogueliteChoices MatterProcedural GenerationResource Management👍 5,124
FreeThey Are Hundreds: Prepped
Dec 5 · Jacob Kendall
Both: Tower Defense · Shoot 'Em Up
Only the paranoid survive, build your defenses and prepare to take on hordes of infected while protecting the trader.
ActionCasualStrategyTower DefenseAction RoguelikeHack and SlashShoot 'Em UpThird-Person Shooter3DRealistic
$7.99Graveyard Gunslingers
Nov 8 · PyroPhysics
Both: Shoot 'Em Up
Shoot hordes of zombies in a bullet hell roguelite arena. By day, harvest resources, unlock map areas, and prepare for the upcoming night. Craft unique strategies by combining characters, weapons, and exploring a vast ability tree.
ActionAction RoguelikeBullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterTop-DownRoguelite3DAtmospheric👍 225
$29.99No More Room in Hell 2
Aug 11 · Torn Banner Studios
Both: Zombies · Survival
No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.
ZombiesMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-opSurvival HorrorActionSurvivalFPSFirst-PersonIndie👍 16,843
$6.99Insect Swarm
Sep 11 · Parallel Portal
Both: Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up
The insect swarm is a swarm consists of millions of alien insects, and you, as the only survival on this barren planet, will have to fight against them dauntlessly. Good luck!
ShooterTop-DownShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterMechsHack and SlashRPGBeat 'em upExploration👍 2,491
$19.99Last Remains
Feb 17 · Earn Alliance
Both: Zombies
"Last Remains" is a highly challenging multiplayer zombie survival game. Players must survive in a city overrun by the undead, scavenging for food, arming themselves, avoiding zombies, searching for loot, plundering other survivors, and finding any possible way to escape.
ActionZombiesPvPMOBAOnline Co-OpBattle RoyaleThird-Person ShooterPost-apocalyptic3DMassively Multiplayer👍 914
$29.99Diplomacy is Not an Option
Oct 4 · Door 407
Both: Zombies · Survival
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Resource ManagementMedievalHistoricalZombiesBase BuildingColony SimRTSDifficultAction RTSSurvival👍 10,910
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: Tower Defense
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterRTSStrategyPixel GraphicsSpaceMechsLocal Co-OpAction RTS1980s👍 348
-90%$1.19Hexguardian
May 2 · Split Second Games
Both: Tower Defense
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Tower DefenseCartoonyRogueliteRoguelikeStrategyHex GridProcedural GenerationTacticalRTS3D👍 617
$9.99SynthwaveZ
Mar 19 · Shadow Games
Both: Zombies · Survival
A fast-paced, wave-based zombie shooter set in an alternate 1980s dystopia. Call in airstrikes, deploy support bots, upgrade wild weapons, and survive the horde—solo or with friends. No grinding. No paid DLC. Just pure, chaotic fun.
MultiplayerFPSZombiesOnline Co-OpPvEArcadeActionSurvivalFirst-PersonHorror
FreeFrom Them
May 30 · JJTheJetPlane27
Both: Tower Defense
A short first person wave defense surrounding mutant creatures invading your town. Collect materials and fire power from the hardware and gun store, build traps to defend yourself, and survive 6 nights. Comes with Unreal Engine 5 project files.
HorrorActionFPSTower DefenseDarkAtmosphericFirst-PersonStylizedCombatFree to Play
$0.99Zombie Defense: The Last Frontier
Jan 5 · LilMemes Production
Both: Shooter · Survival · Zombies
A Single and cooperative game for 4 players, you are a fighter of a special purpose unit, your task is to destroy waves of zombies by taking convenient positions and using tactic
ActionArcadeShooterFPSFirst-PersonSurvivalZombiesDarkPost-apocalypticCombat
-15%$8.49Crown Siege
2 days ago · JOrbits Games
Both: Incremental · Tower Defense
A short incremental siege game centered around growing and strengthening an army to defend your kingdom. Seize the crown from an endless wave of enemies for your best chance at survival!
IncrementalAuto BattlerTower DefenseCasualIdlerActionHack and SlashMedievalSimulationStrategy
$6.99Escape Z
Jun 14 · Matt Games
Both: Zombies · Shooter
Survive the apocalypse with friends in Escape Z. Fight and plan tactics to face hordes of zombies. Choose your character, map and prepare. Survival is your only option.
Third-Person ShooterZombiesPvEShooterArcadeAction-Adventure3DThird PersonActionHorror
$14.99Hellbreach: Vegas
Aug 14 · Infinity Ape Studios
Both: Zombies · Shooter · Survival
Hellbreach: Vegas is a Wave-based First-Person Shooter for 1-4 players, made with passion by a one man dev team! Set your loadout, kill, and earn cash. Take a spin on the various slot machines and level up to improve your survival chances. Are you ready to try your luck?
Online Co-OpIndieFPSZombiesPvEActionShooterCo-opSurvivalDemons👍 504
$0.99O Reino em outro Mundo
May 28 · Thiago Sousa
Both: Incremental · Tower Defense
You have been transported to a procedurally generated voxel world where every decision matters. Manage resources, fight zombies and prepare for the harsh winters. Survive, build and thrive in an environment full of challenges and discoveries.
Early AccessExplorationChoose Your Own AdventureIncrementalCity BuilderTower DefenseColony SimArcheryHuntingFishing
$24.99Outpost: Infinity Siege
Mar 26 · Team Ranger
Both: Tower Defense
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Robots3DTower DefenseBase BuildingFPSResource ManagementCo-opSingleplayerPost-apocalypticSci-fi👍 11,637
$1.99TRAPPED
Jun 16 · Cheap Fun Games, Forthright Indie Team
Both: Survival
Something has gone terribly wrong in TRAPPED Alaska. Except for you, and a handful of survivors, the whole town has been emptied. Everywhere, what should be water has been replaced by a black semi-sentient sludge that seems to change everything it touches. And it’s rising...
ActionAdventureIndieStrategyOpen WorldSurvivalViolentMultiplayerEarly AccessCo-op👍 248
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$3.99REDDOOR
Nov 30 · JKFY
Both: Zombies · Shooter
in REDDOOR the player must survive against endless rounds of the undead, opening and clearing doors and using weapons, perks, utilities, and Power-Ups to their advantage to survive.
FPSFirst-PersonZombiesShooter3DRetroPost-apocalypticHorrorGun CustomizationController
-90%$2.99Welcome to ParadiZe
Feb 29 · Eko Software
Both: Zombies · Survival
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
ActionZombiesMultiplayerCo-opSingleplayerAdventureSurvivalOnline Co-OpPost-apocalypticIndie👍 1,067
$4.99X Invader
Aug 12 · ALLAF GAMES
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!
Shoot 'Em UpArena ShooterAction RoguelikeBullet HellTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterRogueliteHack and SlashPvEShooter👍 531
$7.99Survivors of the Dawn
Nov 6 · indieGiant
Both: Shooter
A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeBullet HeavenBullet HellTop-Down ShooterSci-fiTwin Stick ShooterCasualRogueliteShooter👍 695
$6.50Pesticide Not Required
Mar 18 · Jampacked Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up
Mow down countless crops and corrupt critters while crafting game-breaking builds! Pesticide Not Required is an action roguelite bullet heaven game with farming sim elements that offers a myriad of stats and special character traits to create wildly diverse run possibilities.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteShoot 'Em UpAction RPGTop-Down ShooterFarming SimActionTwin Stick ShooterSingleplayer👍 817



