Games like Escape Dead Island
If Escape Dead Island is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Evil Within 2, How To Survive: Third Person Standalone and Dead Rising 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its flexible combat flow, linear narrative driven gameplay and atmospheric. 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 Escape Dead Island: Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.
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The Evil Within 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Escape Dead Island.
Top pick for Escape Dead Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Second-strongest match for Escape Dead Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.
Dead Rising 4
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Escape Dead Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Escape Dead Island.
Ranked #4 for Escape Dead Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
ZOMBI
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Ranked #5 for Escape Dead Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.
Friday the 13th: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Ranked #6 for Escape Dead Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
Prototype™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Escape Dead Island.
Ranked #7 for Escape Dead Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.
Prototype 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Escape Dead Island.
Ranked #8 for Escape Dead Island fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Escape Dead Island
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Spec Ops: The Line
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Escape Dead Island.
Reviewers of Escape Dead Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
A Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Reviewers of Escape Dead Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Dead Island 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Reviewers of Escape Dead Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Reviewers of Escape Dead Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Metroidvania Maker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Escape Dead Island cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Escape Dead Island at current Steam store prices.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Escape Dead Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Escape Dead Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
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...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Escape Dead Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under Escape Dead Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
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?
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Escape Dead Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Escape Dead Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Escape Dead Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
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 ~87% under Escape Dead Island on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
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?
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.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.).
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More from Fatshark
Other recommendable Steam games by Fatshark, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Escape Dead Island.
Another title from Fatshark, the studio behind Escape Dead Island. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Another title from Fatshark, the studio behind Escape Dead Island.
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Another title from Fatshark, the studio behind Escape Dead Island.
Vermintide is an epic co-operative action combat adventure set in the End Times of the iconic Warhammer Fantasy world.
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Escape Dead Island.
Another title from Fatshark, the studio behind Escape Dead Island.
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West is a third-person shooter that delivers an intense team-based multiplayer experience. Relive the violent era of the Wild West with adrenaline-fueled action and fast-paced gunfights. Engage in gritty battles in beautifully rendered classic Western settings.
Bloodsports.TV
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Escape Dead Island.
Another title from Fatshark, the studio behind Escape Dead Island.
Co-Op Hero Defense set in a deadly post-apocalyptic Sweden. Team up with your friends and protect the Missile Silo against horrific beasts and outlaws.
Hamilton's Great Adventure
WHY THIS
Another title from Fatshark, the studio behind Escape Dead Island. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
All new DLC, Retro Fever, Now Available!
Hamilton's Great Adventure - Retro Fever DLC
WHY THIS
Another title from Fatshark, the studio behind Escape Dead Island. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
This map pack contains new levels that bring back the irrepressible charm, and also that daunting touch of hardcore difficulty, that could only be found in the 80’s. They are inspired by famous levels found in legendary NES titles and carry names such as It’s a me, Hamilton! and Dungeon #9.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Evil Within 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Escape Dead Island.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Escape Dead Island.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
Dead Rising 4
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Escape Dead Island.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!
Frequently asked about Escape Dead Island
- Is Escape Dead Island verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Escape Dead Island is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Escape Dead Island cost?
- Escape Dead Island is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Escape Dead Island?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Escape Dead Island are The Evil Within 2, How To Survive: Third Person Standalone, Dead Rising 4.
- Who developed Escape Dead Island?
- Escape Dead Island was developed by Fatshark and published by Deep Silver.
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