Games like Days Gone
If Days Gone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Airlock, The Last of Us™ Part I and Don't Starve Together — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and intense. 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 →Days Gone is a 2021 action-adventure game from Bend Studio set in post-pandemic America, following drifter and bounty hunter Deacon St. John across a devastated open world. The mechanics include motorcycle management, crafting, skill tree progression, fast travel, and large-scale horde encounters alongside bounty-hunting objectives. Players describe the atmosphere as immersive and melancholic, with reviewers noting that the motorcycle feels weighty and realistic, and that bike upgrades matter significantly for exploration. Players also highlight that horde encounters create intense, panic-inducing moments, while the narrative resonates with themes of grief and loneliness. The open world exploration feels alive according to players. The game holds a 92% positive rating from over 35,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About Days Gone: Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Players who liked Days Gone also play
Steam players who put hours into Days Gone 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.
Airlock
WHY THIS
Top pick for Days Gone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Plan in the ant farm. Live in the 3D city. AIRLOCK is a post-apocalyptic survival base-builder where you rescue Settlers from ruined Ashgate, build a sanctuary deep beneath the toxic surface, and outlast The Altered. The Last of Us meets The Alters.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Second-strongest match for Days Gone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Days Gone.
Third-strongest match for Days Gone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Days Gone.
Ranked #4 for Days Gone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
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.
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Ranked #5 for Days Gone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
DeadPoly
WHY THIS
Shares crafting with Days Gone.
Ranked #6 for Days Gone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
Crashlands 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Ranked #7 for Days Gone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning Action RPG Crashlands.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Days Gone.
Ranked #8 for Days Gone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Days Gone.
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!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Days Gone
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The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Reviewers of Days Gone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Reviewers of Days Gone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
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.
Far Cry® 5
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Reviewers of Days Gone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Days Gone.
Reviewers of Days Gone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Days Gone.
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.
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Reviewers of Days Gone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
World War Z
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Days Gone.
Reviewers of Days Gone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Days Gone.
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Days Gone cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Days Gone at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Days Gone on Steam right now. Shares Action with Days Gone.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Days Gone on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Days Gone on Steam right now. Shares Action with Days Gone.
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.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Days Gone on Steam right now. Shares Action with Days Gone.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Days Gone on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Priced ~50% under Days Gone on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Days Gone on Steam right now. Shares Action with Days Gone.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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 Days Gone.
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 with Days Gone.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Days Gone.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Days Gone.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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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.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Days Gone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Crashlands 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Days Gone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Days Gone.
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award-winning Action RPG Crashlands.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Days Gone.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Days Gone.
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!
Frequently asked about Days Gone
- Is Days Gone verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Days Gone is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Days Gone cost?
- Days Gone is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Days Gone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Days Gone are Airlock, The Last of Us™ Part I, Don't Starve Together.
- Who developed Days Gone?
- Days Gone was developed by Bend Studio and published by PlayStation Publishing LLC.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Days Gone.
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