Games like Extra Lives
Below are 26 hand-picked alternatives to Extra Lives for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Extra Lives also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from MDickie, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Extra Lives: See how long you can survive in a world full of brainless zombies and heartless humans! Find your place among hundreds of other characters spread across several warring factions, and battle to reclaim every corner of a sprawling city in real-time.
Players who liked Extra Lives also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Infinite Lives
Top pick for Extra Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Explore infinite possibilities with INFINITE LIVES - where superhumans and subhumans fight for control of the ultimate shared universe! Bursting into the 3rd dimension brings new powers with unprecedented freedom, in a vicious cycle that never ends...
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Old School
Second-strongest match for Extra Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...
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Hyper Light Drifter
Third-strongest match for Extra Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
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Terror of Hemasaurus
Ranked #4 for Extra Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Extra Lives.
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.
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Abyss Odyssey
Ranked #5 for Extra Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Ranked #6 for Extra Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Welcome to ParadiZe
Ranked #7 for Extra Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Extra Lives.
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
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How to Survive
Ranked #8 for Extra Lives fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Extra Lives.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Extra Lives
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.
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The Walking Dead
Reviewers of Extra Lives cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Extra Lives.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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More from MDickie
Other recommendable Steam games by MDickie, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Wrestling Empire
Another title from MDickie, the studio behind Extra Lives. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
The lightweight champion of wrestling comes full circle with higher resolution visuals and a smoother frame rate - whilst still retaining the retro style that puts the fun first! Now featuring whole other booking & roaming modes at no extra cost for the biggest Triple Threat in wrestling.
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Hard Time III
Another title from MDickie, the studio behind Extra Lives. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.
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Old School
Another title from MDickie, the studio behind Extra Lives. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...
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Wrestling Revolution 3D
Another title from MDickie, the studio behind Extra Lives. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
The original 3D wrestling sim takes you either side of the curtain in one epic shared universe - where you can either take shots in the ring as a wrestler or call the shots backstage as a booker!
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Infinite Lives
Another title from MDickie, the studio behind Extra Lives. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Explore infinite possibilities with INFINITE LIVES - where superhumans and subhumans fight for control of the ultimate shared universe! Bursting into the 3rd dimension brings new powers with unprecedented freedom, in a vicious cycle that never ends...
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Wrestling Revolution 2D
Another title from MDickie, the studio behind Extra Lives. Shares Indie with Extra Lives.
The original 2D wrestling sim brings the revolution to your desktop - where it now includes BOTH sides of the business in one epic universe!
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The You Testament: The 2D Coming
Another title from MDickie, the studio behind Extra Lives. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
This 2D remake of the biblical epic puts YOU on the scene of each story, where you can either repeat history or rewrite it! Follow in the footsteps of a prophet as he seeks to enlighten the masses, and find your place among them as the struggle to survive tests your faith...
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Infinite Lives
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Explore infinite possibilities with INFINITE LIVES - where superhumans and subhumans fight for control of the ultimate shared universe! Bursting into the 3rd dimension brings new powers with unprecedented freedom, in a vicious cycle that never ends...
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Old School
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...
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Hyper Light Drifter
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
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Terror of Hemasaurus
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Extra Lives.
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.
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Abyss Odyssey
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Extra Lives.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
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How to Survive
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Extra Lives.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
Frequently asked about Extra Lives
- Does Extra Lives run on Steam Deck?
- Extra Lives is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Extra Lives cost?
- Extra Lives is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Extra Lives have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Extra Lives supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Extra Lives?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Extra Lives are Infinite Lives, Old School, Hyper Light Drifter.
- Who developed Extra Lives?
- Extra Lives was developed by MDickie.
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 Extra Lives.
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