Games like Zombie Defense
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A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
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$4.99Operation: Outbreak Idle
Sep 4 · DeadLogics
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies · Survival
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.
Tower DefenseZombiesStrategySingleplayerCasualSurvivalShoot 'Em UpIncrementalShooter3D
$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
-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
$19.99Survive the Nights
Dec 5 · a2z Interactive
Both: Zombies · Survival
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
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Survival · Tower Defense
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
$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
$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
$19.99HumanitZ
Feb 6 · Yodubzz Studios
Both: Survival · Zombies
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
$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
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
-25%$11.24There Is mORE
4 days ago · ByteBeyond
Both: Tower Defense · Survival
Mine by day, defend by night. Master 25+ spells, sell rare ores for gear upgrades, and grow stronger each run in this procedurally generated roguelite tower defense. Enjoy full controller and Steam Deck support.
RogueliteTower DefenseAction RoguelikeMiningSurvivalProcedural GenerationExplorationMagicBase Building2D
$1.99Critter Chaos TD
Oct 31 · Chaos Creations
Both: Tower Defense
Critter Chaos TD is a fast, frantic and chaotic Tower Defence game in which you must rid the world of the evil Critters. Build stations and guns to fortify your defences and prevent the various types of Critters from reaching your base.
StrategyAction RTSWargameTower DefenseRTSEarly AccessCasualActionIndieBase Building
-15%$8.49Crown Siege
3 days ago · JOrbits Games
Both: 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
$19.99Repterra
Aug 20 · Chute Apps
Both: Tower Defense
Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the world for humanity.
Real-Time with PauseBase BuildingDinosaursTower DefenseRTSCity BuilderStrategyPvEResource ManagementIsometric👍 122
FreeFortress Fury
Jan 21 · Kervado
Both: Tower Defense
Fortress Fury is a survivor multiplayer tower defense roguelite. Endless hordes of enemies want to crush your tower! Buy weapons and upgrades to craft an array of overpowering builds. Will you be able to survive all waves and be the last tower?
StrategyActionTower DefenseBullet HellRoguelite2DTop-DownCuteColorfulMagic
-15%$4.24Demonic Defense
4 days ago · xHo
Both: Tower Defense
Guard your campfire through the night and feed your rivals' rifts with monsters. A multiplayer tower-defense survival hybrid where deck building, base building, and dueling economies decide who survives and who freezes.
Early AccessCard BattlerTower DefenseReal Time TacticsAction RoguelikeTrading Card GamePvEPvPStrategyTutorial
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Survival
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
$10.99Sineus Arena Survivors
Jun 22 · Sineus Games
Both: Tower Defense
Fight hordes and defend your Stronghold in a bullet heaven survivor-like with co-op and tower defense. Gain power-ups every level, collect random artifacts from chests and grow stronger to survive, defeat the boss and claim a top spot on the Sineus Arena leaderboards!
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeRoguelikeOnline Co-OpCo-opBullet HellLootTower DefenseScore AttackIndie👍 1,163
$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Survival
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,036
$69.99Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
Nov 21 · Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox, High Moon Studios, Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, Activision Shanghai, Demonware
Both: Zombies
In Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software are bringing players the biggest Black Ops ever across an innovative Co-Op Campaign, an electrifying Multiplayer experience, and the legendary Round-Based Zombies mode.
FPSShooterActionMultiplayerSingleplayerZombiesViolentFirst-PersonGorePvP👍 4,356
$2.99Last Bastion Protocol
12 days ago · mr_pancake
Both: Tower Defense
Defend the last evacuation corridors in a tactical tower defense game. Build and upgrade specialized towers, counter varied machine threats, and withstand HECATE's forces across the campaign, Siege, Skirmish, and Endless modes.
StrategyTower DefensePvEIndieAbstractDystopian Level EditorAtmosphericSingleplayerCasual
$3.99CoreBreaker: Desktop Swarm
Jul 15 · Furistic
Both: Tower Defense
A corner screen incremental brick-breaker where bouncing cores destroy endless swarms. Let it run in the corner of your screen while you work or jump into fullscreen and take control yourself. Unlock new Cores, expand your skill tree, survive endless waves.
Desktop CompanionAuto BattlerIdlerIncrementalCasualStrategyRoguelikeBullet HeavenTower DefenseRoguelite
$1.00Dealer's Dice
Sep 7 · OFFMOON Inc.
Both: Tower Defense
Trapped in the twisted game room of a mysterious entity, Dealer's Dice is a high-stakes roguelike dice-defense game. Collect powerful dice, manage your betting table, and gamble against relentless waves of invaders. Push your luck, test your greed, and survive.
Tower DefenseIncrementalCasualDiceRoguelikeRogueliteStrategyChoices MatterIndieArcade
$4.99Kingdom Contracts Tower Defense Incremental
Aug 14 · Day 1 to 100
Both: Tower Defense
You are the Kingdom’s Commander. Choose new contracts strategically. Use towers but save your gold. Use 12 powerful God/saint spells. Finish Contracts quickly. Stack gold and reputation rapidly. Choose and upgrade 36 perks blessed by 12 Gods/saints. Become the Legend of the Kingdoms.
Tower DefenseMinimalistStrategyRogueliteRelaxingSingleplayerAtmosphericCasualIndie3D
$11.99Collision Course
May 29 · Crynosaurs
Both: Survival
An asteroid is hurtling toward the planet! Sneak, scavenge and blast your way through an immersive prehistoric world filled with Humans, Dinosaurs, Droids and Mother Nature’s fury!
AdventureActionIndieDinosaursSurvivalEarly AccessOpen WorldFirst-PersonMultiplayerFPS👍 302
$9.99Quarantine Zombies: Contamination
Jan 20 · Stones Games
Both: Survival
A first-person shooter meets quarantine inspection in post-apocalyptic Chicago. You’ve got 30 days until the army arrives. Hold out, fix your car, and fight your way through Chicago to the main checkpoint to save your little brother.
Outbreak SimFPSSurvivalImmersive SimPvESimulationAction3DLife SimFirst-Person
$29.99Palworld
Jul 9 · Pocketpair
Both: Survival
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Open WorldSurvivalCreature CollectorMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpCraftingIndieCo-opAdventure👍 412,343
FreeThe Perfect Tower II
Nov 30 · Fire Sword Studios
Both: Tower Defense
The Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!
Tower DefenseIdlerStrategyAutomationResource ManagementActionMinigamesVoxelBase BuildingIncremental
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
FreeThe Division Resurgence
Aug 5 · Ubisoft
Both: Survival
Jump into this free‑to‑play looter‑shooter RPG featuring tactical combat, deep progression, and an exclusive canon storyline, playable solo or with friends.
ActionAdventureLooter ShooterShooterThird-Person ShooterThird PersonFree to PlayPost-apocalypticPvESurvival
-15%$1.69Card Shelter Defence
4 days ago · NeographGamer
Both: Tower Defense
Recruit cards, assign them to shelters, and stop incoming waves in a strategic tower defense game. Combine three cards to strengthen your forces, manage limited resources, and adapt to each scenario.
StrategyTower Defense2DSingleplayerCard BattlerFamily FriendlyResource ManagementIndie
$6.99Claws of Power
Aug 21 · 蒜苗
Both: Tower Defense
Claws of Power is a cute, real-time card battle game. With a variety of unique and adorable cat cards, each one could be your key to victory. Strategize by building different decks and using items to overcome challenges and claim the throne as the ultimate cat leader.
Tower DefenseCard BattlerHand-drawnCatsReal Time TacticsCuteCasualCard Game2DRelaxing👍 170
$39.99Into the Radius 2
Apr 23 · CM IMMERSIVE
Both: Survival
Into the Radius 2 is an immersive VR survival shooter, set in a realm of surreal landscapes and deadly entities known as Pechorsk Anomaly. Arm yourself with realistic weapons and venture deeper into the mysteries within. Featuring co‑op for up to four players.
VRFPSSurvivalCo-opImmersiveRealisticGun CustomizationShooterPost-apocalypticAction👍 5,261
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Survival
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$12.99MeowGun: Hell Denizen
Jan 24 · SusaDeBastet
Both: Zombies
A fast paced silly cutegore FPS! Earth has been taken over by demons. A catgirl codenamed MeowMeow fights back! MEOW, GUN, CLAW and BLOW UP hordes of evil demons, zombies, and other monsters in colorful environments with tons of weapons! The game runs on the FTEQW engine.
ActionFPSBoomer ShooterFemale ProtagonistBullet HellDemonsZombiesAliensHorrorSci-fi👍 114
$19.99Castle Craft
Apr 19 · Twin Earth
Both: Survival
Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure? Build, manage resources, and outsmart your foes in a world where everything can be destroyed. Use strategy and creativity to turn the chaos into your greatest advantage!
VoxelSurvivalThird PersonMagicActionCity BuilderHack and SlashMedievalBase BuildingSandbox👍 480
$9.99Flock of the Seraphim
Aug 13 · GuuchanDev
Both: Survival
Exorcise hordes of demons using gun-wielding nuns and angels in this survivors-like bullet heaven! Collect and keep angels with unique weapons, stats, and abilities to create god-like builds as you fend off waves of enemies! Do you have enough faith to survive?
Bullet HeavenBullet HellCreature CollectorAction RoguelikeRogueliteSurvivalRoguelikeActionArcadeDemons👍 163
$34.99Timberborn
Mar 12 · Mechanistry
Both: Survival
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
City BuilderColony SimVoxelSandboxAutomationBuildingNatureManagementBase BuildingSurvival👍 38,783
$9.99Runeomicon
5 days ago · TLR Games
Both: Tower Defense
Perform a dark ritual with your own hands under relentless pressure. Draw runes in real time, defend the ritual from enemies trying to stop it, and upgrade your skills to unleash devastating magic. Summon ancient eldritch gods in this dark fantasy game driven by skill, strategy and constant tension.
Tower DefenseResource ManagementReal Time TacticsStrategyPixel GraphicsSide Scroller2DActionDifficultDark Fantasy
$2.50OmniSeed
Jul 13 · Velest
Both: Tower Defense
Play as a kind-hearted god in a tiny world. Grow thriving forests, inspire mortals to stand strong, and unleash nature's fury to shield them from evil. One small miracle at a time.
RogueliteTower DefenseGod GameDeckbuildingCard BattlerTacticalPixel Graphics2DTop-DownSingleplayer
$24.99Flotsam
Dec 4 · Pajama Llama Games
Both: Survival
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Base BuildingColony SimCity BuilderSandboxResource ManagementAutomationSurvivalOpen WorldFarming SimReal-Time with Pause👍 4,309
FreeLegend Battles
Jan 16 · Hanxiang
Both: Survival
Free-to-play UE 5.6 Extraction Battle Royale in 500 km² neo-futuristic world with destructible environment and vehicles, massive ET-ACUs, armored Aliens, ferocious Monsters, heavily armed MetaHumans, complete missions to attack, defend, loot, extract facing dynamic weathers.
Early AccessActionFirst-PersonThird PersonBattle RoyaleStealthSurvivalShooterThird-Person ShooterMultiplayer
$17.99Dying Breed
Oct 7 · Sarnayer
Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.
Early AccessStrategySingleplayerRTSBase BuildingTacticalActionWarPost-apocalypticSci-fi👍 218
$12.99The Spell Brigade
Apr 29 · Bolt Blaster Games
Survivors-like with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!
Bullet HeavenOnline Co-OpRogueliteBullet HellCo-opAction RoguelikeRoguelikeMagicMultiplayerAction👍 14,750
-10%$4.49Gridmax
3 days ago · Dream Gears
Both: Survival
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
Base BuildingSurvivalManagementColony SimBuildingCraftingSandboxAutomationSimulation2D
-50%$7.49KILL IT WITH FIRE! 2
Nov 25 · Casey Donnellan Games LLC
KILL IT WITH FIRE! 2 is the ultimate co-op spider-hunting experience! Either solo or as a team of Exterminators, unleash an arsenal of crazy weapons, wreak havoc, and complete dozens of challenges across seven dimensions under spider siege.
Online Co-OpSci-fiCo-opMultiplayerComedy3DPhysicsCasualFunnyHorror👍 1,434
$9.99Darkwater
Mar 26 · Targon Studios
Both: Survival
Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.
Online Co-OpHorrorSurvivalSubmarineMultiplayerStrategyNavalUnderwaterCo-opPvE👍 989
$29.99Occupy Mars: The Game
Jan 30 · ▲ Pyramid Games
Both: Survival
Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.
Open World Survival CraftBase BuildingSurvivalCraftingOnline Co-OpOpen WorldResource ManagementExplorationSandboxPvE👍 2,717
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Survival
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCookingOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-PersonBase Building👍 595




