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Games like Zero Below The Sun

If Zero Below The Sun is your kind of game, the closest matches are DAY OF THE RISING DEAD, Ground Zero and Resident Evil 6 — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Zero Below The Sun: Classic survival horror reimagined with a retro look and modern feel, set in a top secret underground research facility in Antarctica.

2024ActionAdventure11.99 USDWindowsby Black Curtain Studio
Zero Below The Sun — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Zero Below The Sun 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.

  1. DAY OF THE RISING DEAD

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Zero Below The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    Step into a gritty, analog film-style world where three survivors must battle their way through a planet overrun by the undead. From the dark alleys of a crumbling city to eerie forests, an abandoned military outpost, and a blood-soaked shopping mall, every step is a fight for survival.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Ground Zero

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Zero Below The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2026ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Resident Evil 6

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Zero Below The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Flesh Made Fear

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Zero Below The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.

    2025ActionIndie17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Resident Evil 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Zero Below The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.

    2009ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Them and Us

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Zero Below The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Daymare: 1998

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Zero Below The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Alan Wake's American Nightmare

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Zero Below The Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!

    2012ActionAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Zero Below The Sun at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Zero Below The Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Zero Below The Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Zero Below The Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Zero Below The Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Zero Below The Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Zero Below The Sun on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Zero Below The Sun on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Zero Below The Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Black Curtain Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by Black Curtain Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. One Late Night: Deadline

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Black Curtain Studio, the studio behind Zero Below The Sun. Shares Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    One Late Night: Deadline continues the story of One Late Night, a horror/mystery game where you play the role of an office worker caught in the middle of the paranormal activity that has broken out in a seemingly ordinary office building. Freely explore the 5 story office complex that houses several different companies.

    2014IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  2. MÅRD

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Black Curtain Studio, the studio behind Zero Below The Sun. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    You are a detective who decides to visit your late father's cabin, which he has left you, somewhere in the woods of northern Sweden. But everything is not what it seems. Determined to find out what drove your father to spend his final months in isolation in the cabin, you set out to investigate.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hustomten

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Black Curtain Studio, the studio behind Zero Below The Sun. Shares Action with Zero Below The Sun.

    Collect snacks to keep your resident house elf happy until midnight of Christmas Eve.

    2020ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Resident Evil 6

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Daymare: 1998

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Alan Wake's American Nightmare

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Zero Below The Sun.

    A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!

    2012ActionAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Zero Below The Sun

How much does Zero Below The Sun cost?
Zero Below The Sun is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Zero Below The Sun?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zero Below The Sun are DAY OF THE RISING DEAD, Ground Zero, Resident Evil 6.
Who developed Zero Below The Sun?
Zero Below The Sun was developed by Black Curtain Studio.

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 Zero Below The Sun.

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