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Games like Mission Z

If Mission Z is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Thief, Bank Robber and One Hunt — 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.

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About Mission Z: Live an intense story by recovering a mysterious area. With survival elements, loots and collectibles.

2021ActionStrategyIndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDWindowsby New Games Waves, Softwaves
Mission Z — Steam game cover

Players who liked Mission Z also play

Steam players who put hours into Mission Z 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.

  1. The Thief

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mission Z fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Mission Z.

    Bradley, an experienced thief aims to achieve his greatest personal goal, to rob an entire village. And then he goes to a military village in order to steal some items that are there. However, it will not be an easy task, given that there are several armed soldiers guarding the perimeter.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bank Robber

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Mission Z fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Mission Z.

    Harry, a bank robber aims to rob a government bank, so he choose the day that the bank is open to visitors, and takes the opportunity to carry out the robbery. Upon arriving at the bank, learns some routines, of how things work and then begins to put his plan into practice.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. One Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mission Z fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mission Z.

    Stranded in a blighted tundra with an ancient beast that is on the hunt. Keep your fingers warm and your shotgun loaded and you just might make it out alive.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mission Z fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mission Z.

    Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones™.

    2024ActionAdventure69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gate of Souls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mission Z fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mission Z.

    I got a job as a night guard. They promise to pay a lot, but for my own safety I have to follow strange rules. As you progress, you'll have to find keys and open locked rooms. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the hospital and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Anarchy: Wolf's law

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mission Z fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Mission Z.

    Action. Chaos. Power. Anarchy: Wolf Laws is a dynamic first-person shooter with elements of RPG, survival, and strategic management. Capture territories, upgrade your production, and run your business in a world of total lawlessness.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. This Thing of Ours

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Mission Z fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mission Z.

    Welcome to New Temperance, known as the last frontier for the Italian-American mafia. The two controlling La Cosa Nostra families are locked in a peaceful rivalry for the city's rackets. You play as a young hood named Vinny that's in a neighborhood-based crew known as The Beacon Hill Crew.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. SCP: November 2010

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mission Z fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mission Z.

    It’s November 2010. You find yourself lost in a forest rumored to be home to SCP-173, a deadly and unrelenting entity. With only a flashlight, you must search for hidden plushies while staying one step ahead of your stalker. Can you keep it in your sights long enough to escape the nightmare?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mission Z at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mission Z on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mission Z.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mission Z on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mission Z.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Mission Z on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mission Z.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Mission Z on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mission Z.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Mission Z on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mission Z.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mission Z on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mission Z.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Mission Z on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mission Z.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Mission Z on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mission Z.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mission Z.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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 Mission Z.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mission Z.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mission Z.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mission Z.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mission Z.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mission Z.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mission Z

How much does Mission Z cost?
Mission Z is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mission Z?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mission Z are The Thief, Bank Robber, One Hunt.
Who developed Mission Z?
Mission Z was developed by New Games Waves, Softwaves and published by Softwaves Dist..

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 Mission Z.

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