Games like Ground Zero
If Ground Zero is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zero Below The Sun, Apocalypse: Floodgates and Apocalive — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its branching paths encourage replayability, atmospheric and dark. 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 Ground Zero: Fight through post-apocalyptic South Korea in this retro survival horror. Uncover the truth behind the devastating meteor impact that left the country in ruins and turned every living organism into a terrifying monstrosity. Fight. Solve puzzles. Upgrade gear. Make every bullet count.
Players who liked Ground Zero also play
Steam players who put hours into Ground Zero 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.
Zero Below The Sun
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ground Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
Classic survival horror reimagined with a retro look and modern feel, set in a top secret underground research facility in Antarctica.
Apocalypse: Floodgates
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ground Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
Herd 'em up, Mow 'em Down! Mindless Carnage, fast-paced action. Apocalypse: Floodgates is a Third-Person Zombie Horde Shooter featuring post-apocalyptic weapons and deadly traps. Play online with up to four friends or play alone and see how many zombie waves you can take down.
Apocalive
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ground Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
Apocalive is a third-person wave based zombie shooter, which comes with several different maps. Collect guns, ammo, health packs and use grenades and shoot at explosive barrels to stop the upcoming hordes. Use your rolling, flipping skills to confuse zombies and avoid their attacks.
Zombie Army Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Ranked #4 for Ground Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
Resident Evil Requiem
WHY THIS
Shares parry system, stealth and atmospheric with Ground Zero.
Ranked #5 for Ground Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
Them and Us
WHY THIS
Shares tank controls, inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Ranked #6 for Ground Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
Resident Evil (1996)
WHY THIS
Shares fixed camera angles, tank controls and atmospheric with Ground Zero.
Ranked #7 for Ground Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
Your squad has been choppered to a remote mansion to investigate a bio-experiment gone wrong. You’re plunged straight into a deathtrap. Arm yourself, solve puzzles, and unearth mysteries. But beware: every move you make draws you deeper into the deadly embrace of Resident Evil.
Daymare: 1998
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Ranked #8 for Ground Zero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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Resident Evil 3
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Ground Zero.
Reviewers of Ground Zero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Reviewers of Ground Zero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
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.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Reviewers of Ground Zero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Parasite
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Reviewers of Ground Zero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Ground Zero.
This is a roguelike open-world sandbox survival horror set in a modern city. Play as an --redacted-- parasite, possess human hosts, exploit and evolve them to help you survive in a hostile world, all to find out your one true purpose.
Dino Crisis
WHY THIS
Shares fixed camera angles, tank controls, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Reviewers of Ground Zero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
Raw Instinct takes over in this new, adrenaline-pumping journey into Survival Horror. Something is terribly wrong. Your covert mission has gone haywire… now you find yourself pursued by a relentless, prehistoric terror. Suddenly, your mission becomes a desperate fight for survival.
SIGNALIS
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Reviewers of Ground Zero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Ground Zero.
Reviewers of Ground Zero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
King Krieg
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ground Zero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
Combine abilites to create infinite possibilities of spells and decimate thousands of enemies. King Krieg is a top-down arena roguelite where YOU are the KING and you buy mystical items, find powerful guns, and craft new spells
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ground Zero at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Ground Zero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ground Zero.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ground Zero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ground Zero on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ground Zero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ground Zero on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
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. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ground Zero.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ground Zero.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ground Zero.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ground Zero.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Frequently asked about Ground Zero
- Does Ground Zero run on Steam Deck?
- Ground Zero 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 Ground Zero cost?
- Ground Zero is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ground Zero?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ground Zero are Zero Below The Sun, Apocalypse: Floodgates, Apocalive.
- Who developed Ground Zero?
- Ground Zero was developed by Malformation Games and published by Kwalee.
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 Ground Zero.
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