Games like Dead Horde
If Dead Horde is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nation Red, Primal Fears and VERSUS SQUAD — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its checkpoint based progression, infinite ammo main weapon and atmospheric. 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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Nation Red
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dead Horde fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.
Primal Fears
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Horde.
Second-strongest match for Dead Horde fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world.Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim.
VERSUS SQUAD
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and a tense mood with Dead Horde.
Third-strongest match for Dead Horde fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
Final Exam
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades and a dark mood with Dead Horde.
Ranked #4 for Dead Horde fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures.
Final Days
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dead Horde fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.
Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Dead Horde.
Ranked #6 for Dead Horde fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
Frontline Zed
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Horde.
Ranked #7 for Dead Horde fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
Police Stories
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Horde.
Ranked #8 for Dead Horde fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
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Nation Red
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Dead Horde cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.
Primal Fears
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Horde.
Reviewers of Dead Horde cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world.Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Horde.
Reviewers of Dead Horde cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Dead Horde.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Horde at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dead Horde on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead Horde on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Horde.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Dead Horde on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Horde.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dead Horde on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Horde.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dead Horde on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Horde.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead Horde on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Horde.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead Horde on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Horde.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Dead Horde on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Dead Horde.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Horde.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Samsara Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Horde.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Brief Karate Foolish
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!
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More from DnS Development
Other recommendable Steam games by DnS Development, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Twin Sector
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Horde.
Another title from DnS Development, the studio behind Dead Horde. Shares Action with Dead Horde.
The story of Twin Sector takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where the remains of mankind have been put to artificial sleep in cryogenic chambers deep under the contaminated surface of earth — until the planet becomes habitable again. You as the player must take the role of Ashley Simms, the protagonist of Twin Sector.
Primal Fears
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Horde.
Another title from DnS Development, the studio behind Dead Horde. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world.Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim.
Booster Trooper
WHY THIS
Another title from DnS Development, the studio behind Dead Horde. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Horde.
Booster Trooper is the future of multiplayer platform shooters. It provides tons of fun with its fast paced action and larger-than-life weapons. You can run or fly around the map, blasting your enemies to bits with bullets, rockets, grenades, magma and other weapons from your arsenal.
Frequently asked about Dead Horde
- How much does Dead Horde cost?
- Dead Horde is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Dead Horde have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dead Horde supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Dead Horde?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Horde are Nation Red, Primal Fears, VERSUS SQUAD.
- Who developed Dead Horde?
- Dead Horde was developed by DnS Development.
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