Games like Desert Of The Dead
If Desert Of The Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea, PARA♰BELLUM ~ 魔弹帕菈 and Cyberwar: Neon City — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Desert Of The Dead: You are a mysterious wanderer traveling through the wilderness of the wild west. In cities and towns, people began to disappear, as in many cities the population became infected with a virus which turns people into zombies, and it is rumored that people from the government are behind this.
Players who liked Desert Of The Dead also play
Steam players who put hours into Desert Of The Dead also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea
WHY THIS
Top pick for Desert Of The Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
They have launched an active invasion on our lands in late September this year, so let us break free of the slavic hand that held us by our balls for many ages! Rally all of our reptile militia, we will end this all together! LIZARDS, WE WILL NEVER BE SLAVES BUT WE WILL BE CONQUERORS!
PARA♰BELLUM ~ 魔弹帕菈
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Desert Of The Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Necromancer's army is gathering! But he can't afford Necronomicon Prime so his army can only use free medieval equipment set... We believe that one battle sister can solve them well. Go Forth, Sister Para, Blast your enemy in this survivor-like shooter game!
Cyberwar: Neon City
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Desert Of The Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Explore a cyberpunk universe where monkeys rule. Challenge the fearsome Cyber Monkeys as you take on the role of a hero armed with a living shark weapon.
Good Robot
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Desert Of The Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?
Rush Rover
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Desert Of The Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Peace Data
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Desert Of The Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
Gunlocked
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Desert Of The Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
The Crackpet Show
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Desert Of The Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Desert Of The Dead
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Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Desert Of The Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Desert Of The Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Desert Of The Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Desert Of The Dead at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Desert Of The Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Desert Of The Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Desert Of The Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Desert Of The Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Desert Of The Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action with Desert Of The Dead.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Desert Of The Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Desert Of The Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action with Desert Of The Dead.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Desert Of The Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Desert Of The Dead.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Desert Of The Dead.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Cyberwar: Neon City
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
Explore a cyberpunk universe where monkeys rule. Challenge the fearsome Cyber Monkeys as you take on the role of a hero armed with a living shark weapon.
Gunlocked
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
The Crackpet Show
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Desert Of The Dead.
The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!
Frequently asked about Desert Of The Dead
- How much does Desert Of The Dead cost?
- Desert Of The Dead is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Desert Of The Dead?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Desert Of The Dead are Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea, PARA♰BELLUM ~ 魔弹帕菈, Cyberwar: Neon City.
- Who developed Desert Of The Dead?
- Desert Of The Dead was developed by Astralis Games.
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