Games like Infestation: The New Beginning
If Infestation: The New Beginning is your kind of game, the closest matches are Infestation: The New Z, Nether: Resurrected and DayZ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fun game, rushes like a drug and competitive. 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 →Infestation: The New Beginning is a free-to-play zombie survival shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a viral outbreak. Players engage in both PvP and PvE combat using a mix of melee and ranged weaponry, with a loot system providing gear progression across its massive open-world environment. The game supports online co-op play, offering a challenging experience designed for longer sit-down sessions. Reviewers and players describe the atmosphere as grim and intense, with some noting it delivers competitive moments alongside the chance to unwind and survive among the undead. According to player feedback, the experience can feel nostalgic, with gameplay hooks that some describe as satisfying for casual zombie-slaying and immersive survival scenarios. The title holds a 32% positive rating from over 11,000 Steam reviews.
About Infestation: The New Beginning: 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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Steam players who put hours into Infestation: The New Beginning 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.
Infestation: The New Z
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Top pick for Infestation: The New Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Nether: Resurrected
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Second-strongest match for Infestation: The New Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Nether is a unique, first-person, multiplayer urban survival experience. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Nether forces players to make life-saving decisions in a fast-paced struggle against players and the environment. Join tribes, hold territory, scavenge, craft, trade and loot your way to stay alive.
DayZ
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Shares a stressful mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Third-strongest match for Infestation: The New Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Infestation: The New Beginning.
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.
Miscreated
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Shares a grim mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Ranked #4 for Infestation: The New Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Survarium
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Ranked #5 for Infestation: The New Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Survarium is a post-apocalyptic online FPS game. If you are looking for a shooter where skills matter, look no further! The opposing players and deadly anomalies will never stop you on the way to victory, right? Then start playing now for free!
Afterinfection
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Shares a stressful mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Ranked #6 for Infestation: The New Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand. After creating your survivor, you’ll start with nothing and have to make your way across a large island searching for food, water, weapons, and crafting supplies.
Sunrise: survival
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Ranked #7 for Infestation: The New Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!
Just Survive
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Ranked #8 for Infestation: The New Beginning fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Just Survive is a post-apocalyptic survival game that immerses you in a world where humanity is fighting to take back control from the zombie hordes.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Infestation: The New Beginning
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The Walking Dead
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Reviewers of Infestation: The New Beginning cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
7 Days to Die
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Shares a stressful mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Reviewers of Infestation: The New Beginning cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
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!
Rust
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Shares a stressful mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Reviewers of Infestation: The New Beginning cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Unturned
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Reviewers of Infestation: The New Beginning cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
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.
Romero's Aftermath
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Reviewers of Infestation: The New Beginning cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Play with your friends in a Zombie Infested World as you face the remnants of zombie hordes & rebuild society in a truly massive sandbox world. Choose how you want to play with hundreds of items, skins, weapons, character customizations, base building, crafting, zombies & more!
SCUM
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Shares a stressful mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Reviewers of Infestation: The New Beginning cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Infestation: The New Z
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Reviewers of Infestation: The New Beginning cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
World War Z
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Shares a stressful mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Reviewers of Infestation: The New Beginning cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Infestation: The New Beginning.
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
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More from Fredaikis AB
Other recommendable Steam games by Fredaikis AB, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Infestation: The New Z
WHY THIS
Another title from Fredaikis AB, the studio behind Infestation: The New Beginning. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Nether: The Untold Chapter
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Shares a stressful mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Another title from Fredaikis AB, the studio behind Infestation: The New Beginning. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Spawn in to and explore a post-apocalyptic Chicago whose once mighty silhouette has been plundered and turned into ruins. The streets that used to be filled with life are now full of abandoned cars and buildings and are surrounded by creepy creatures called “Nethers”.
Infestation: Battle Royale
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Shares a stressful mood with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Another title from Fredaikis AB, the studio behind Infestation: The New Beginning. Shares Action and Indie with Infestation: The New Beginning.
Infestation: Battle Royale is a free-to-play, zombie-infested Battle Royale game. Fight in groups of 3 or solo until only one team remains standing. Discover a wide selection of maps, guns and customizations. Join in and let the good memories come back in this massively revamped all-time classic!
Frequently asked about Infestation: The New Beginning
- Is Infestation: The New Beginning free to play?
- Yes — Infestation: The New Beginning 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 Infestation: The New Beginning have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Infestation: The New Beginning supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Infestation: The New Beginning?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Infestation: The New Beginning are Infestation: The New Z, Nether: Resurrected, DayZ.
- Who developed Infestation: The New Beginning?
- Infestation: The New Beginning was developed by Fredaikis AB and published by OP Productions LLC.
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