Games like HumanitZ
If HumanitZ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Project Zomboid, Soviet Survival and DayZ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dog mini game, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →HumanitZ is an isometric open-world survival game set in a world devastated by a zombie outbreak. Players scavenge, craft, build bases, and upgrade vehicles while managing survival mechanics to endure as long as possible, either solo or through online co-op. Reviewers highlight a dog mini-game as a notable feature and note that tactical positioning matters in combat encounters. Players describe the experience as challenging and immersive according to community feedback. The game launched in early access in 2026 at $19.99 USD with a current rating of 73% positive from 3908 Steam reviews. It spans a massive world with a sit-down session shape and does not support Steam Deck.
About HumanitZ: HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Players who liked HumanitZ also play
Steam players who put hours into HumanitZ 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.
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Top pick for HumanitZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with HumanitZ.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Soviet Survival
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and exploration with HumanitZ.
Second-strongest match for HumanitZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Third-strongest match for HumanitZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
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.
Night of the Dead
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Ranked #4 for HumanitZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
'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!
Deadside
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Ranked #5 for HumanitZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
DeadPoly
WHY THIS
Shares base building and crafting with HumanitZ.
Ranked #6 for HumanitZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
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.
VEIN
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Ranked #7 for HumanitZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with HumanitZ.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
How to Survive 2
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Ranked #8 for HumanitZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Reviewers mention these as similar to HumanitZ
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.
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Reviewers of HumanitZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with HumanitZ.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Reviewers of HumanitZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
This War of Mine
WHY THIS
Reviewers of HumanitZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with HumanitZ.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
State of Decay
WHY THIS
Reviewers of HumanitZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with HumanitZ.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Reviewers of HumanitZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
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.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Reviewers of HumanitZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with HumanitZ.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
On the front line
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with HumanitZ.
Reviewers of HumanitZ cross-mention this title as a similar play.
"On the front line" - tank simulator. Action takes place during World War II. Battles are unilaterally - for the Red Army. Action in the game takes place on two large locations. Sequential execution of combat missions.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an immersive mood with HumanitZ.
Reviewers of HumanitZ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
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™.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HumanitZ at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HumanitZ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HumanitZ on Steam right now. Shares Action with HumanitZ.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HumanitZ on Steam right now. Shares Action with HumanitZ.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HumanitZ on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with HumanitZ.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under HumanitZ on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with HumanitZ.
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!
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 with HumanitZ.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HumanitZ.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with HumanitZ.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with HumanitZ.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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!
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with HumanitZ.
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.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Frequently asked about HumanitZ
- Does HumanitZ work on Steam Deck?
- HumanitZ is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does HumanitZ cost?
- HumanitZ is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does HumanitZ have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — HumanitZ supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to HumanitZ?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HumanitZ are Project Zomboid, Soviet Survival, DayZ.
- Who developed HumanitZ?
- HumanitZ was developed by Yodubzz Studios and published by indie.io.
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 HumanitZ.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.