Games like The Dead Await
If The Dead Await is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zector 7, The Dead Await: Prologue and Sandbox Apocalypse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its companions are fully customizable, atmospheric and challenging. 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 The Dead Await: Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
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Steam players who put hours into The Dead Await 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.
Zector 7
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Dead Await fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.
The Dead Await: Prologue
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Dead Await fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Dead Await.
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
Sandbox Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Dead Await fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Dead Await.
Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.
Deadwalker Chronicles
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Dead Await fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Can you survive the ultimate zombie apocalypse? Build your deck and take on a customizable Encounter Deck made from Mission, Zombie, Danger, and Location cards. Every choice matters as you face relentless threats in a collapsing world. Adapt, strategize, and prove your survival instincts!
Sustained
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Dead Await fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
This is a open world Survival Zombie game with survival mechanics in single player and (PVP) (PVE) in Multiplayer or Co-Op. Join a few friends and look who can survive the island full of zombies and other players trying to survive like you, it has base building, Crafting, food, water, Temperatures.
Urban Strife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dead Await.
Ranked #7 for The Dead Await fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Stay Alive: Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dead Await.
Ranked #8 for The Dead Await fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Dead Await.
You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Dead Await at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Dead Await on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Dead Await on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Dead Await.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under The Dead Await on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with The Dead Await.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under The Dead Await on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Dead Await.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~52% under The Dead Await on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Dead Await on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Dead Await on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under The Dead Await on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Unturned
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
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.
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
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More from Shotx
Other recommendable Steam games by Shotx, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dead Ground
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with The Dead Await.
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind The Dead Await. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dead Await.
Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!
Kontrakt
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Dead Await.
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind The Dead Await. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
Kontrakt is a hyper-violent action-adventure game about schizophrenia with a dark and twisted story. You will assume the role of a hitman involved in mysterious contract killing, while uncovering the dirty truth and secrets behind the City of Light.
Danger Gazers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dead Await.
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind The Dead Await. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
Danger Gazers is a post-apocalyptic roguelite top-down shooter where you pave your own path. The choices you make will decide your fate, it will either turn you into the new ruler or... the ashes to be windswept away.
Dungeons of Clay
WHY THIS
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind The Dead Await. Shares Indie with The Dead Await.
Explore the ever-changing dungeons in the surreal world made of clay. Unlock the hidden secrets, overcome the dangers, defeat dreadful creatures and reap the treasures to acquire almighty power.
The Dead Await: Prologue
WHY THIS
Another title from Shotx, the studio behind The Dead Await. Shares Indie and RPG with The Dead Await.
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
Frequently asked about The Dead Await
- Does The Dead Await run on Steam Deck?
- The Dead Await 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 The Dead Await cost?
- The Dead Await is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Dead Await?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Dead Await are Zector 7, The Dead Await: Prologue, Sandbox Apocalypse.
- Who developed The Dead Await?
- The Dead Await was developed by Shotx and published by indie.io.
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