Rank 01Why this
Shares base building with The Infected.
- $10.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
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- 15 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked The Infected also play
The closest matches to The Infected: Mist Survival, Night of the Dead, Subsistence, Grounded, and ICARUS. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like The Infected.
- $11.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
Rank 03- $13.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2016
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ICARUS
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Mining, like The Infected.
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Stranded Deep
Why this: Shares base building and exploration with The Infected.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Infected
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- Released: 2020
- Developer: DigX Studios
- Price: $15.99checked Nov 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 84% of 3,654 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Simulation, Casual, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Building large complex bases
- Challenging
- Immersive
- Base building
- Crafting system
- Defensive strategy
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Infected at current Steam store prices.
Green Hell
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like The Infected.
Sheltered
Why this: Shares base building and exploration with The Infected.
Don't Starve
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Infected.
Don't Starve Together
Why this: Shares base building with The Infected.
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About The Infected
The closest matches to The Infected: Mist Survival, Night of the Dead, Subsistence, Grounded, and ICARUS. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Infected is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mist Survival, Night of the Dead and Subsistence — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging and immersive, and single out its base building and crafting system. 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.
The Infected is an open-world survival game developed by DigX Studios. Players engage in base-building, crafting systems, defensive strategy, and exploration across a sandbox environment with changing seasons. Reviewers describe the experience as challenging and immersive, with players highlighting the appeal of building large complex bases and the importance of tactical positioning. The game supports solo play only. It launched in Early Access in 2020 with a price of 15.99 USD and runs at a playable level on Steam Deck. According to Steam reviews, it holds an 84% positive rating from over 3,600 players.
About The Infected: The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
Is The Infected worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 84% of 3,654 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $15.99 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 100 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 11 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Building large complex bases
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This game stole several hours of my life. The positive reviews are fake, generated by bots. I really fell for those reviews. Don't buy this junk, cobbled together from assets. Those who created the enemy animations deserve a special place…”
“I feel like the game has some pretty good potential, but something about it just feels...stiff, or maybe even stuck? I'm not convinced that the devs are completely sure where they are going with the game and or where they want to go with…”
People who play it also play: Mist Survival, Night of the Dead, Subsistence
Frequently asked about The Infected
Can I run it?
Does The Infected run on Steam Deck?
The Infected is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Infected cost?
The Infected is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Infected?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Infected are Mist Survival, Night of the Dead, Subsistence.
Who developed The Infected?
The Infected was developed by DigX Studios.