Games like Epidemic
If Epidemic is your kind of game, the closest matches are Night of the Dead, Fallen Region and Dig or Die — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Epidemic: In this game play, you will lead the survivors of an entire base to protect a hospital from infection.
Players who liked Epidemic also play
Steam players who put hours into Epidemic 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.
Night of the Dead
WHY THIS
Top pick for Epidemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Fallen Region
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Epidemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world.
Dig or Die
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Epidemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Epidemic.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Gone: Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Epidemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
The Front
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Epidemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Survival Machine
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Epidemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Colony Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Epidemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Epidemic.
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Crushed
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Epidemic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Epidemic at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Epidemic on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Epidemic on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Epidemic on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epidemic.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Epidemic on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epidemic.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Epidemic on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epidemic.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Epidemic on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Epidemic.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Epidemic on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Epidemic on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epidemic.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epidemic.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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!
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Epidemic.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Epidemic.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Frequently asked about Epidemic
- How much does Epidemic cost?
- Epidemic is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Epidemic?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Epidemic are Night of the Dead, Fallen Region, Dig or Die.
- Who developed Epidemic?
- Epidemic was developed by NULLA and published by RPK-studio.
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 Epidemic.
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