Games like Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod
Looking for games like both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod 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 Garry's Mod. 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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Half-Life 2
Second pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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Arma 3
Third pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #4 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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Rust
Ranked #5 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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Killing Floor 2
Ranked #6 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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Team Fortress 2
Ranked #7 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
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Deep Rock Galactic
Ranked #8 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
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Half-Life
Ranked #9 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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Contagion
Ranked #10 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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Counter-Strike: Source
Ranked #11 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.
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Serious Sam II
Ranked #12 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Ranked #13 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
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Dying Light
Ranked #14 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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Black Mesa
Ranked #15 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Relive Half-Life.
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Killing Floor
Ranked #16 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Ranked #17 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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Counter-Strike
Ranked #20 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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Day of Defeat: Source
Ranked #21 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.
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Quake
Ranked #22 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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GTFO
Ranked #23 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. 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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After the Fall®
Ranked #24 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.