Games like Dead Grid
If Dead Grid is your kind of game, the closest matches are Match! The 12 CZ Wars, Zombies!!! Board Game and Knight's Errand — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its base management adds depth, deck building feels rewarding and challenging. 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 Dead Grid: Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.
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Match! The 12 CZ Wars
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dead Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Grid.
"Match! The 12 CZ Wars" is a roguelike strategy game blending match-3 and buff-building. Partner with 12 Zodiac Maidens to repel ancient primordial beasts. Navigate random events, battles, and upgrades. Carefully choose paths, manage resources, and empower your Maidens to secure victory.
Zombies!!! Board Game
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dead Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dead Grid.
Zombies!!! puts you in the middle of the action in this video game adaptation of the hit board game. In order to escape the ever advancing zombie horde, players must use a combination of wits and brawn to be the first to the heliport and certain escape.
Knight's Errand
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dead Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dead Grid.
HoMM-like Rogue-Lite for those who don't have the energy for classic turn-based strategies, but crave deep tactics after work. Raise an army of units with unique abilities. Empower them with hero artifacts. Turn the tide of battle with spells. Defeat the armies of other players.
Capture Creatures
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dead Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Grid.
Welcome to the Capture Mansion, home of Capture Creatures. Here you can fill your collection and explore the mansion, all while risking your deck. No matter how skilled you are, there's a place for you in the Capture Mansion. Remember, whether you win or lose, just try to have fun!
Tetra Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dead Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Grid.
An innovative pigeon fighting game. In dungeon, defeat enemies by placing block cards. Experience new building dynamics around blocks, relics, and hero traits.
Nowhere Prophet
WHY THIS
Shares deck building and a challenging mood with Dead Grid.
Ranked #6 for Dead Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Grid.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
Prime of Flames
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dead Grid.
Ranked #7 for Dead Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Grid.
This is a special strategy game that combines Wargame and Roguelike. As the guider of the former ancestors, you revived and arrived. In the name of Star Envoy, you leave for the Human camp, and lead the warriors of different clans with talents and abilities to find the truth of history and disaster.
Re:Night
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dead Grid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Grid.
Re:Night is a strategy game that blends turn based tactics with roguelike deckbuilding. In each run, build your deck, plan your tactics, and experiment with countless 3-character team combinations. Journey to a mysterious town, break the endless cycle of night, and bring dawn back to the world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Grid at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Grid on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Grid.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Grid on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Grid.
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!
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Dead Grid on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Grid.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dead Grid on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Grid.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Grid on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Grid.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Grid on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Grid.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Dead Grid on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Grid.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Grid on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Grid.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Grid.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Grid.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Grid.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Grid.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Grid.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Grid.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Grid.
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Frequently asked about Dead Grid
- Does Dead Grid run on Steam Deck?
- Dead Grid 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 Dead Grid cost?
- Dead Grid is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dead Grid?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Grid are Match! The 12 CZ Wars, Zombies!!! Board Game, Knight's Errand.
- Who developed Dead Grid?
- Dead Grid was developed by Atom Void.
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 Dead Grid.
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