Games like ZPlague
If ZPlague is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cops N' Zombies, RIO - Raised In Oblivion and Contagion — 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 ZPlague: Armed militaries are requested to clean an area infested by zombies. On each round you don't now if you will be a zombie or a soldier, so use the skills and items that was given to you and keep alert.
Players who liked ZPlague also play
Steam players who put hours into ZPlague 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.
Cops N' Zombies
WHY THIS
Top pick for ZPlague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with ZPlague.
A horror social deduction game where you and your friends take on the roles of police officers on a critical mission. But there is a zombie among you that can transform at will. Can you trust your friends?
RIO - Raised In Oblivion
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ZPlague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with ZPlague.
There was an infection in a large part of Rio De Janeiro and, in order not to spread, the government built retaining walls, whoever is inside will not be able to leave and will have to survive until the cure is discovered.
Contagion
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ZPlague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZPlague.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
Dead Alliance™
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ZPlague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ZPlague.
Dead Alliance™ is a fast-paced, multiplayer first-person zombie shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world, where former military bases have been turned into the only remaining city-states.
Anarchy: Wolf's law
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for ZPlague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with ZPlague.
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.
DayZ
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for ZPlague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ZPlague.
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.
Survive the Nights
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Ranked #7 for ZPlague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZPlague.
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Infestation: The New Beginning
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for ZPlague fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZPlague.
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
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Frequently asked about ZPlague
- Does ZPlague run on Steam Deck?
- ZPlague is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is ZPlague free to play?
- Yes — ZPlague is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does ZPlague have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ZPlague supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to ZPlague?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ZPlague are Cops N' Zombies, RIO - Raised In Oblivion, Contagion.
- Who developed ZPlague?
- ZPlague was developed by Avelar Studios.
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 ZPlague.
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