Games like Necrosis: Dawn of Dread
If Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rotten Apple, Squirrelmageddon! and Biodacity The Mansion — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its classic resident evil references, claustrophobic horror atmosphere 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.
Get personalized picks →About Necrosis: Dawn of Dread: Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is a full-length co-op survival horror experience inspired by the golden age of zombies. 15+ hours of missions, vehicles, puzzles, with many playable survivors await across a world consumed by the dead. No microtransactions, no shortcuts: just pure survival.
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Rotten Apple
WHY THIS
Shares real time combat, resource management, horror and an atmospheric mood with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Top pick for Necrosis: Dawn of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Join forces with up to 3 friends in Rotten Apple, a thrilling VR co-op zombie shooter! Face the apocalypse, tackle high-stakes challenges, and battle relentless undead hordes. Are you ready to conquer post-apocalyptic NYC together?
Squirrelmageddon!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Necrosis: Dawn of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
It was inevitable... killer mutant squirrels have taken over the planet in this scrappy, solo-developed one-of-a-kind high score TPS/FPS shooter. You will laugh. You will cry. You will die by the squirrel!
Biodacity The Mansion
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Necrosis: Dawn of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Explore your way through a crooked Mansion in the aftermath of an apocalypse. Biological mutants ravaged the Earth! You are responsible for finding crucial information! Fight horrific creatures that lurk around every corner! Find and upgrade your weapons!
Drive Beyond Horizons
WHY THIS
Shares survival management, inventory management and atmospheric with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Ranked #4 for Necrosis: Dawn of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Rev up your engines and venture into the unknown with Drive Beyond Horizons! Conquer dynamic landscapes, customize your ride, and unearth hidden treasures. Get ready for heart-pounding challenges and endless excitement. Your adventure starts now !
Arizona Sunshine® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Ranked #5 for Necrosis: Dawn of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
It's time to say hello to your old pal, Fred. Arizona Sunshine® 2, the next-gen sequel to the fan-favorite VR apocalypse, packs even more gore-geous zombie action! And what's better than braving the end of the f*cking world alone? Surviving it with your new best friend--Buddy.
Into the Radius 2
WHY THIS
Shares survival management, mission based progression and atmospheric with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Ranked #6 for Necrosis: Dawn of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Into the Radius 2 is an immersive VR survival shooter, set in a realm of surreal landscapes and deadly entities known as Pechorsk Anomaly. Arm yourself with realistic weapons and venture deeper into the mysteries that lie within, either solo or with a friend by your side.
NO BACKUP
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Ranked #7 for Necrosis: Dawn of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.
Blood™ Fresh Supply
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a dark mood with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Ranked #8 for Necrosis: Dawn of Dread fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Battle an army of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds, and an insatiable host of horrors in your quest to defeat the evil Tchernobog. Squirm through 42 loathesome levels filled with more atmosphere than a Lovecraftian mausoleum.
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No More Room in Hell
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Reviewers of Necrosis: Dawn of Dread cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Reviewers of Necrosis: Dawn of Dread cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
GTFO
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Shares procedural generation, resource management and a stressful mood with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Reviewers of Necrosis: Dawn of Dread cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Deep Rock Galactic
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Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Reviewers of Necrosis: Dawn of Dread cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
HELLDIVERS™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Reviewers of Necrosis: Dawn of Dread cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Necrosis: Dawn of Dread at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Necrosis: Dawn of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~67% under Necrosis: Dawn of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Necrosis: Dawn of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Action with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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.
PEAK
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Priced ~47% under Necrosis: Dawn of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Necrosis: Dawn of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Action with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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.
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~58% under Necrosis: Dawn of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Necrosis: Dawn of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Necrosis: Dawn of Dread on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
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. Shares Action and Indie with Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Necrosis: Dawn of Dread
- Does Necrosis: Dawn of Dread work on Steam Deck?
- Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Necrosis: Dawn of Dread cost?
- Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Necrosis: Dawn of Dread have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Necrosis: Dawn of Dread supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Necrosis: Dawn of Dread?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Necrosis: Dawn of Dread are Rotten Apple, Squirrelmageddon!, Biodacity The Mansion.
- Who developed Necrosis: Dawn of Dread?
- Necrosis: Dawn of Dread was developed by Mike Schroder, Swole Software and published by Mike Schroder.
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