Rank 01Why this
Also Extraction Shooter and Third-Person Shooter, like The Day Before.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- 2024
Games like The Day Before
- 25 games
- Updated Nov 6, 2026
Players who liked The Day Before also play
The closest matches to The Day Before: The Forever Winter, DayZ, Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2, ARC Raiders, and DeadPoly. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 03Why this
Shares looter shooter with The Day Before.
- $7.49 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
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DeadPoly
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Loot, like The Day Before.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Zombies, like The Day Before.
Rank 08 
The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Day Before
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1The Forever Winter
Also Extraction Shooter and Third-Person Shooter, like The Day Before.
- 70% of 15,319 reviews
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- 9Remnant: From the Ashes
Also Third-Person Shooter and Post-apocalyptic, like The Day Before.
- 87% of 24,137 reviews
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- Released: 2023
- Developer: FNTASTIC
- 13% of 9,169 reviews
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Stressful
- Tense
- Looter shooter
- Player vs player
- Stealth extraction
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Reviewers mention these as similar to The Day Before
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Days Gone
Why this: Also Zombies and Post-apocalyptic, like The Day Before.
Tom Clancy’s The Division™
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Post-apocalyptic, like The Day Before.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Why this: Same stressful mood as The Day Before.
The Last of Us™ Part I
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Zombies, like The Day Before.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to The Day Before, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha
Why this: Shares looter shooter with The Day Before.
Unturned
Why this: Also Zombies and Post-apocalyptic, like The Day Before.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ARC Raiders
Why this: Also Extraction Shooter and Third-Person Shooter, like The Day Before.
Contagion
Why this: Also Zombies and Post-apocalyptic, like The Day Before.
Zombie Army Trilogy
Why this: Also Third-Person Shooter and Zombies, like The Day Before.
More from FNTASTIC
Other recommendable Steam games by FNTASTIC, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Propnight
Why this: Same stressful mood as The Day Before.
DEAD DOZEN
Why this: Same tense mood as The Day Before.
About The Day Before
The closest matches to The Day Before: The Forever Winter, DayZ, Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2, ARC Raiders, and DeadPoly. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Day Before is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Forever Winter, DayZ and Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as stressful and tense, and single out its looter shooter and player vs player. 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 Day Before is a post-apocalyptic extraction shooter set in present-day US East Coast following a deadly pandemic. Developed by FNTASTIC and published by Mytona Fntastic, this early access title combines looter-shooter mechanics with player-versus-player combat, stealth-extraction gameplay, and survival elements. Players navigate zombie-infested environments while competing against other survivors in tense encounters. Reviewers note that tactical positioning matters during engagements, and players describe the experience as stressful and tense throughout sessions. The challenging difficulty and medium-length sessions support online co-op play. The game received a 13% positive rating from 9,169 Steam reviews and is not supported on Steam Deck.
About The Day Before: The Day Before offers players a uniquely reimagined journey into post-apocalyptic open-world MMO survival set in the present day on the US East Coast following a deadly pandemic.
Is The Day Before worth buying?
Most players don't recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 14% of 9,169 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.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 13 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
- Not supported on Steam Deck.
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“What happend to the game ? XD haha where is this next generation of post apocalyptic open world mmo suvivel whit Zombies, (seriously tho i still waiting for this type of game to come out. enyone knows a game like that?)”
“I drove a car, got it by taking it from another player, fought against riot zombies, different from the regular brainless ones. I actually enjoyed the intensity fighting against other players while trying to be stealthy at night. Trying to…”
People who play it also play: The Forever Winter, DayZ, Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
Frequently asked about The Day Before
Can I run it?
Does The Day Before work on Steam Deck?
The Day Before is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
Does The Day Before have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Day Before supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Day Before?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Day Before are The Forever Winter, DayZ, Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2.
Who developed The Day Before?
The Day Before was developed by FNTASTIC and published by Mytona Fntastic.