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Games like Age of Undead

If Age of Undead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Diplomacy is Not an Option, Home Wars and From Glory To Goo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and epic. 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 Age of Undead: Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!

2022Strategy19.99 USDWindowsby Insane Dreamers
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Players who liked Age of Undead also play

Steam players who put hours into Age of Undead 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. Diplomacy is Not an Option

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Age of Undead.

    Top pick for Age of Undead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Home Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Age of Undead.

    Second-strongest match for Age of Undead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. From Glory To Goo

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Age of Undead.

    Third-strongest match for Age of Undead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access8.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Crossfire: Legion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Age of Undead.

    Ranked #4 for Age of Undead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Crossfire: Legion is a real time strategy game featuring tactical action in furious battles across a shattered version of the near future. Raise and customize your army to engage in intense online combat and carve your own path as you rise through the ranks. It’s a new generation of warfare.

    2022ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. They Are Billions

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Age of Undead.

    Ranked #5 for Age of Undead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Age of Undead.

    Ranked #6 for Age of Undead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hearts of Iron IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Age of Undead.

    Ranked #7 for Age of Undead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

    2016StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bellfortis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Age of Undead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!

    2025StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Age of Undead

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.

  1. STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Age of Undead.

    Reviewers of Age of Undead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

    2010Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Total Annihilation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Age of Undead.

    Reviewers of Age of Undead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

    2015Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Supreme Commander

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Age of Undead.

    Reviewers of Age of Undead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

    2011Strategy12.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Dawn of Warriors

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Age of Undead cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Features: 1. The main world is Super Big, which gives you a huge space to explore. 2. Challenge Tower is provided. Dungeons in Challenge Tower are 100% created by program, so never "Just the same". 3. Four difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, Hard, Crazy. "Crazy" means really crazy… 4.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Total War: WARHAMMER II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Age of Undead.

    Reviewers of Age of Undead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Home Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Age of Undead.

    Reviewers of Age of Undead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Age of Undead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

    2019Strategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cepheus Protocol

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Age of Undead.

    Reviewers of Age of Undead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Age of Undead at current Steam store prices.

  1. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Age of Undead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Age of Undead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    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 ↗
  3. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Age of Undead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Age of Undead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. FTL: Faster Than Light

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Age of Undead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

    2012StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Age of Undead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Age of Undead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Age of Undead.

    Priced ~75% under Age of Undead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

    2010Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.

    2015ActionFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Unturned

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Insane Dreamers

Other recommendable Steam games by Insane Dreamers, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Home Wars

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Age of Undead.

    Another title from Insane Dreamers, the studio behind Age of Undead. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Cursor Challenge

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Insane Dreamers, the studio behind Age of Undead.

    Do you want to test your SKILLS and your REFLEXES? If the answer is YES, this is the right game for you! Cursor Challenge! In this game your cursor will face a variety of increasing difficulties ... until the last mode. The IMPOSSIBLE CURSOR CHALLENGE! Legends say neither the developer of the game won that level.

    2016IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Multicellular

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Age of Undead.

    Another title from Insane Dreamers, the studio behind Age of Undead. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Multicellular will take you back in time, to the dawn of life. Build your multicellular organism and combat hunger, the environment, darkness and other organisms. Everything in this new world can kill you, will you be able to survive?

    2018ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Bugs!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Insane Dreamers, the studio behind Age of Undead. Shares Strategy with Age of Undead.

    Take on the role of an exterminator struggling with a small town invaded by repugnant bugs. Crush them, burn them, poison them, do whatever you have to do to eliminate them!

    2019StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Gummy Dummy Battles

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Insane Dreamers, the studio behind Age of Undead.

    Create insane and fun battles fought by totally unconventional warriors! Ragdolls have never been so gummy, dummy, and funny! Place your units and enjoy the battle, or enter the craziest brawl in the gaming world in first person!

    2023Simulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Mercenaries of the Kingdom: First Blood

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Age of Undead.

    Another title from Insane Dreamers, the studio behind Age of Undead.

    Party-based rogue-lite RPG set in Earthial, a fantasy world. Hire various races of mercenaries, equip them, create battle formations, and grab the loot! Kill tens of thousands of enemies using steel and spells!

    2024IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Age of Undead

How much does Age of Undead cost?
Age of Undead is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Age of Undead?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Age of Undead are Diplomacy is Not an Option, Home Wars, From Glory To Goo.
Who developed Age of Undead?
Age of Undead was developed by Insane Dreamers.

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 Age of Undead.

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