Games like Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight
Looking for games like both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight 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 Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight 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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Left 4 Dead
Top pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Back 4 Blood
Second pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
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Killing Floor 2
Third pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
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Dying Light
Ranked #4 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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Killing Floor
Ranked #5 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Ranked #6 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
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GTFO
Ranked #7 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
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Evil Dead: The Game
Ranked #8 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Step into the shoes of Ash Williams or his friends from the iconic Evil Dead franchise in a game loaded with over-the-top co-op & PVP multiplayer action! Play as a team of 4 survivors in a game inspired by all 3 original Evil Dead films as well as the Ash vs Evil Dead television series.
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Last Year: The Nightmare
Ranked #9 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Serial killers are chasing you as you try to escape from your high school. You play as one of The Teenagers on the run, or play as one of The Killers doing the hunting. Last Year: The Nightmare feels like surviving through a haunted house with your friends.
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Resident Evil 2
Ranked #10 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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The Evil Within 2
Ranked #11 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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Resident Evil Village
Ranked #12 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
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Aliens vs. Predator™
Ranked #13 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
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Home Sweet Home : Survive
Ranked #14 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Home Sweet Home is back with its soul-stirring sequel that will haunt you to the ground ! Immerse yourself in a world of Thai myths, let's fight together to get out of this horrifying world. The 4vs1 game that will give you the experience of hunting and being hunted in one game.
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White Noise 2
Ranked #15 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
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Don't Starve Together
Ranked #16 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. 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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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ranked #17 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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Depth
Ranked #18 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat.
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The Forest
Ranked #19 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Metro: Last Light Redux
Ranked #20 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
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Last Year
Ranked #21 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.
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Damned 2
Ranked #22 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Damned 2 is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game where up to four survivors must work together to survive an unrelenting monster - either player or computer-controlled - while scavenging and solving puzzles in an attempt to escape.
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The Evil Within
Ranked #23 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action with both games.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Ranked #24 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead by Daylight. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.