Games like Dead Zone Defense
If Dead Zone Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are Z-Company, The Last Camp and Keep Her Safe — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Dead Zone Defense: A new look at tower defense, full of dynamics and tactics! A terrible virus has struck humanity. You will have to build defenses with your friends or alone and fight off the hordes of zombies who want to get to you.
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Z-Company
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Top pick for Dead Zone Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
You and your friends can be part of the Z-Company. Defend Targets against huge hordes of zombies with all kinds of weapons and buildings in this Tower-Defense/Shooter hybrid.
The Last Camp
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Second-strongest match for Dead Zone Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
This is a top-down survival-building game blending farming, tower defense, and micromanagement, requiring you to fend off zombie hordes, grow crops, and strategically deploy traps to defend your homestead.
Keep Her Safe
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Third-strongest match for Dead Zone Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Scavenge by day, defend by night. Gather resources, build and fortify your base in a wasteland ravaged by acid rain, protect the Energy Core from relentless zombie hordes, and work toward completing a rocket project that could end the apocalypse.
Defend the Fort
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Ranked #4 for Dead Zone Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
2D topdown zombie survival shooter, build defences, survive the waves of zombies
Zombie Builder Defense 2
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Ranked #5 for Dead Zone Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
Exterminate Zombies: Get Paid
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Ranked #6 for Dead Zone Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Exterminate zombies in style with up to 4 players in this action packed co-op top-down shooter.
Night Light
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Ranked #7 for Dead Zone Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
Defend against the creatures of that night! Protect yourself and your lamp by building and upgrading your base. Equip yourself with the best weapons to deal with the incoming waves.
ZIC – Zombies in City
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Ranked #8 for Dead Zone Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Control a team of 4 characters, switching between them to use their unique abilities. ZIC: Zombies In City is a first person zombie survival shooter.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Zone Defense at current Steam store prices.
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~43% under Dead Zone Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
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
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Priced ~55% under Dead Zone Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~55% under Dead Zone Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~55% under Dead Zone Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~55% under Dead Zone Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
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Priced ~55% under Dead Zone Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Monster Train
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Priced ~55% under Dead Zone Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~73% under Dead Zone Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Zone Defense.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
The Lab
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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!
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Frequently asked about Dead Zone Defense
- How much does Dead Zone Defense cost?
- Dead Zone Defense is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Dead Zone Defense have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dead Zone Defense supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Dead Zone Defense?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Zone Defense are Z-Company, The Last Camp, Keep Her Safe.
- Who developed Dead Zone Defense?
- Dead Zone Defense was developed by G4Y and published by GEOMAXGG.
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