Games like Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod
Looking for games like both Left 4 Dead 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 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 2
Top pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod. 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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Half-Life 2
Second pick for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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 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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Half-Life
Ranked #4 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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 #5 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Back 4 Blood
Ranked #6 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Killing Floor
Ranked #7 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Rust
Ranked #8 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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GTFO
Ranked #9 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Deep Rock Galactic
Ranked #10 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Counter-Strike: Source
Ranked #11 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Team Fortress 2
Ranked #12 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Counter-Strike
Ranked #13 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Black Mesa
Ranked #14 for fans of both Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Relive Half-Life.
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PAYDAY 2
Ranked #15 for fans of both Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and RPG with both games.
PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
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Killing Floor 2
Ranked #16 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Dying Light
Ranked #17 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Insurgency: Sandstorm
Ranked #19 for fans of both Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
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Insurgency
Ranked #20 for fans of both Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Ranked #21 for fans of both Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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Day of Defeat: Source
Ranked #22 for fans of both Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.
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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Ranked #23 for fans of both Left 4 Dead 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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Zombie Army Trilogy
Ranked #24 for fans of both Left 4 Dead and Garry's Mod. 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.