Games like Dota 2 and DayZ
Looking for games like both Dota 2 and DayZ? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Dota 2 and DayZ share Action roots, making the overlapping player base a strong signal for what to play next. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Dota 2 and DayZ also tend to own these — with content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, plus review-mined vibe embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when genre labels differ. No Steam login required.
Best matches for fans of both games
Ranked by collaborative filtering, genre overlap, and review-mined vibes — the same signals that power imho.run.
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Counter-Strike
Top pick for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action with both games.
Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.
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Overwatch®
Second pick for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Third pick for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action with both games.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Counter-Strike 2
Ranked #4 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
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EVE Online
Ranked #5 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
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Rust
Ranked #6 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
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Battlerite
Ranked #7 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
BATTLERITE is an action-packed team arena brawler. Experience the unique combination of top-down shooter meets fast-paced fighting game and challenge friends and foes in a battle of reaction. The Arena awaits!
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World of Tanks
Ranked #8 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Simulation with both games.
World of Tanks is a tactical action game with very different gameplay depending on the vehicle type and role. Aside from regular PvP, there are competitive and clan-based modes, special PvE and PvPvE events, and much more. Whether you play to dominate or just enjoy the ride, you'll fit right in.
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World of Warships
Ranked #9 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
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Contagion
Ranked #10 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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Escape from Tarkov
Ranked #11 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Simulation with both games.
Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.
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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Ranked #12 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.
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SMITE 2
Ranked #13 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Become a god and wage war in SMITE 2, the free-to-play Unreal Engine 5-powered sequel to the legendary third-person action MOBA. If you love challenging competition, intense action, ability-driven combat, rewarding teamwork, or godly mythology, you’ll see why 40+ million players love SMITE.
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Don't Starve Together
Ranked #15 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Left 4 Dead
Ranked #16 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action with both games.
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
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PlanetSide 2
Ranked #17 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with both games.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Quantum League
Ranked #18 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Sports with both games.
Quantum League is a revolutionary Time-Paradox Shooter: a competitive online FPS where you are battling within a time loop, tactically teaming up with your past and future selves in mind-blowing 1v1 and 2v2 matches.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Ranked #19 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
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Dying Light
Ranked #20 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Ranked #21 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
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Dirty Bomb®
Ranked #24 for fans of both Dota 2 and DayZ. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Work together or die alone! Fight to restore peace to London or tear it down for profit in the most challenging team based shooter around.