Games like Surrounded by Death
If Surrounded by Death is your kind of game, the closest matches are After Long Night, Sons of Valhalla and Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown — 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 Surrounded by Death: Lead your people, fight for survival, become their ruler in this 2D strategy game. To accomplish this, you will have to create powerful walls, an efficient economy and a strong army. But it's not enough. Destroy all portals for peace to reign
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After Long Night
WHY THIS
Top pick for Surrounded by Death fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surrounded by Death.
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Sons of Valhalla
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Surrounded by Death fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Surrounded by Death.
Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.
Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Surrounded by Death fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Surrounded by Death.
Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
Rebirth evolution
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Surrounded by Death fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surrounded by Death.
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Surrounded by Death fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Surrounded by Death.
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Quarantineer
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Ranked #6 for Surrounded by Death fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
For the glory of Motherland, the truth shall never be revealed. None of us expected this, Yet history is repeating itself.
Infection Free Zone
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Surrounded by Death fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Surrounded by Death.
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
They Are Billions
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Surrounded by Death fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Surrounded by Death.
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Surrounded by Death at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Surrounded by Death on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Surrounded by Death on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Surrounded by Death.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Surrounded by Death on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Surrounded by Death.
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 ~75% under Surrounded by Death on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
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 ~83% under Surrounded by Death on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Surrounded by Death on Steam right now. Shares Action with Surrounded by Death.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Surrounded by Death on Steam right now. Shares Action with Surrounded by Death.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Surrounded by Death on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Surrounded by Death.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Surrounded by Death.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Surrounded by Death.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Surrounded by Death.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Surrounded by Death.
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 Surrounded by Death
- How much does Surrounded by Death cost?
- Surrounded by Death is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Surrounded by Death?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Surrounded by Death are After Long Night, Sons of Valhalla, Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown.
- Who developed Surrounded by Death?
- Surrounded by Death was developed by Mozonia.
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