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Games like Sustained

If Sustained is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zector 7, DeadPoly and Lost Region — 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 Sustained: 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.

2024ActionIndieAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGEarly Access19.99 USDWindowsby Iconic Studios
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Players who liked Sustained also play

Steam players who put hours into Sustained 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. Zector 7

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Sustained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    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.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. DeadPoly

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Sustained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lost Region

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Sustained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    Join one of the factions, build your base, explore 64sq/km. Create your own world where you can be proud loner, or create a group with your friends. The entire subsequent history of the world depends on you.

    2019ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Fallen Earth Classic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sustained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Sustained.

    Fallen Earth Classic is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Reloaded Productions and operated by Little Orbit. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located around the American Grand Canyon.

    2012Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. PolyZ

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sustained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. How to Survive 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sustained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sustained.

    Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

    2016ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Day Before

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Sustained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sustained.

    The Day Before offers players a uniquely reimagined journey into post-apocalyptic open-world MMO survival set in the present day on the US East Coast following a deadly pandemic.

    2023ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  8. Plains of Pain

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sustained fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sustained at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sustained on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Sustained on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sustained.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sustained on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sustained on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sustained.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sustained on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sustained on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Sustained.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sustained on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Sustained.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sustained on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Sustained.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sustained.

    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 ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sustained.

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Wires And Whiskers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sustained.

    Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sustained

How much does Sustained cost?
Sustained is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Sustained have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Sustained supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Sustained?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sustained are Zector 7, DeadPoly, Lost Region.
Who developed Sustained?
Sustained was developed by Iconic Studios.

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