Games like Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest
Looking for games like both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest 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 Sons Of The Forest 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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The Forest
Top pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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Left 4 Dead
Second pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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Killing Floor 2
Third pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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 Sons Of The Forest. 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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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #5 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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Contagion
Ranked #6 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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Green Hell
Ranked #7 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
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Don't Starve Together
Ranked #8 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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Zombie Army Trilogy
Ranked #9 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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DayZ
Ranked #10 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
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GTFO
Ranked #11 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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Resident Evil Requiem
Ranked #12 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
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Darkwood
Ranked #13 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Satisfactory
Ranked #14 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Rust
Ranked #15 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Ranked #16 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.
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Valheim
Ranked #17 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Arizona Sunshine®
Ranked #18 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
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Outlast
Ranked #19 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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DOOM 3
Ranked #20 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action with both games.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
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Metro: Last Light Redux
Ranked #21 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. 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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Barotrauma
Ranked #22 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
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Grounded
Ranked #23 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Adventure with both games.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Ranked #24 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 2 and Sons Of The Forest. Shares Action and Simulation with both games.
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.