Games like The Day Before
If The Day Before is your kind of game, the closest matches are Escape from Junglekov, DeadPoly and Infect: The Last Stand — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional and stressful. 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 →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.
Players who liked The Day Before also play
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Escape from Junglekov
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Top pick for The Day Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
Use limited resources to try to acquire more equipment, and then continuously explore the scene to survive.
DeadPoly
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Second-strongest match for The Day Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
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.
Infect: The Last Stand
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Third-strongest match for The Day Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
Experience brutal Hardcore PvPvE survival powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every decision matters, every step could be your last, and every sound you hear might be your final one. Do you have what it takes to survive the hunt?
NAKWON: LAST PARADISE
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Ranked #4 for The Day Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Day Before.
NAKWON is a multiplayer zombie survival game set in urban South Korea. Venture into the city in the dead of night, and manage your shelter by day. Scavenge resources in a city crawling with the infected and hostile survivors. Survival is the only rule - trust no one, not even the living.
Dustland
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Shares a tense mood with The Day Before.
Ranked #5 for The Day Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with The Day Before.
Dustland is a reimagined take on the survival genre. A world where expeditions, looting, and battles are just the tip of the iceberg, hiding secrets and mysteries of a fallen region in its depths.
Sustained
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Ranked #6 for The Day Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
This is a open world Survival Zombie game with survival mechanics in single player and (PVP) (PVE) in Multiplayer or Co-Op. Join a few friends and look who can survive the island full of zombies and other players trying to survive like you, it has base building, Crafting, food, water, Temperatures.
Mistfall Hunter
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Ranked #7 for The Day Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
Mistfall Hunter is a dark fantasy extraction ARPG. Combine skills, talents, and gear for each class in thrilling combat! Whether you team up or go solo, one thing remains certain—only by fighting your way through can you return with a full haul. Good luck, Gyldhunter.
State Breakers
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Ranked #8 for The Day Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Day Before.
State Breakers is a chaotic top-down PvPvE extraction shooter. INTERSTATE A.I. has turned against humanity! They must be infiltrated and destroyed! Resist solo or in a team - kill zombies, hack the map, outwit rival humans, loot, level up - and overthrow the clanker scum!
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Day Before
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Days Gone
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Reviewers of The Day Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
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.
DayZ
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Shares a stressful mood with The Day Before.
Reviewers of The Day Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
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Reviewers of The Day Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Day Before.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
Tom Clancy’s The Division™
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Shares a tense mood with The Day Before.
Reviewers of The Day Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.
METAL GEAR SURVIVE
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Reviewers of The Day Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
METAL GEAR SURVIVE builds upon MGSV’s stealth action gameplay with elements of exploration and survival creating a bold new experience. *An internet connection is required to play the game.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
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Shares a stressful mood with The Day Before.
Reviewers of The Day Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
Tech Division
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Reviewers of The Day Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
Play as Simone! Build and command your squad of bots on the field. Battle through swarms of enemy Wrikes who have a diverse set of their own abilities. Use resources and upgrades to get through the relentless Wrike factions to reunite with your friends! Hopefully you are not too late.
The Last of Us™ Part I
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Reviewers of The Day Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
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™.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Day Before.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Day Before.
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.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Day Before.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Day Before.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Day Before.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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More from FNTASTIC
Other recommendable Steam games by FNTASTIC, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
DEAD DOZEN
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Day Before.
Another title from FNTASTIC, the studio behind The Day Before. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with The Day Before.
DEAD DOZEN Escape is a first person horror survival experience. Form a team with up to 4 players and escape from the depths of the mysterious pyramid in the heart of Siberia, or do it all on your own.
Radiant One
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Another title from FNTASTIC, the studio behind The Day Before. Shares Adventure with The Day Before.
Radiant One is art. It makes you think about the meaning of human existence in today's rapidly changing world.
Frequently asked about The Day Before
- 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 Escape from Junglekov, DeadPoly, Infect: The Last Stand.
- Who developed The Day Before?
- The Day Before was developed by FNTASTIC and published by Mytona Fntastic.
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