Games like Dead Island Retro Revenge
If Dead Island Retro Revenge is your kind of game, the closest matches are NEVER SAFE IN DELAWARE, Bullet Vendetta and Mother Russia Bleeds — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its retro, tense and combo based combat. 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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NEVER SAFE IN DELAWARE
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dead Island Retro Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
NEO-INDUSTRIAL URBAN COMBAT IN THE ALTERNATIVE MILLENNIUM.
Bullet Vendetta
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dead Island Retro Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Bullet Vendetta is a dynamic top-down shooter about the fight against the mafia that controls the city.
Mother Russia Bleeds
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Third-strongest match for Dead Island Retro Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Escape Dead Island
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dead Island Retro Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.
APE OUT
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dead Island Retro Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Ranked #6 for Dead Island Retro Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos is the latest entry in the Onechanbara series. Two sets of buxom vampire sisters battle through over a dozen stages of high-octane real-time swordplay. Fight off the invasion in gruesome detail, occasionally transforming into a demon for short bursts of added power and speed.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dead Island Retro Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
Not Dying Today
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Ranked #8 for Dead Island Retro Revenge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Not dying today is a 2D side-scrolling action game. In 2030, the world has been taken over by zombies. With fire and blade, bullets and guns, you, captain Aiden, will do anything to protect the last human kind, anything, even turn into a zombie, using zombie power to kill zombies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Island Retro Revenge at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dead Island Retro Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dead Island Retro Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead Island Retro Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead Island Retro Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dead Island Retro Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dead Island Retro Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dead Island Retro Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.
Kill It With Fire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Dead Island Retro Revenge on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
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 Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
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 with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
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.
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 Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
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!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Empty Clip Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Symphony
WHY THIS
Another title from Empty Clip Studios, the studio behind Dead Island Retro Revenge. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection and fight to reclaim your music!
Attack of the Bugs
WHY THIS
Another title from Empty Clip Studios, the studio behind Dead Island Retro Revenge. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
The ultimate VR tower defense game; YOU are the tower! Your enemies? Hordes of scream-inducing crawlers. Your defenses? Beloved childhood toys and whatever household objects you can craft into a weapon.
Gargoyles Remastered
WHY THIS
Another title from Empty Clip Studios, the studio behind Dead Island Retro Revenge. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Relive the legend of Goliath and save the world from destruction.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Mother Russia Bleeds
WHY THIS
Shares combo based combat with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Escape Dead Island
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Escape Dead Island is a Survival-Mystery adventure that lets players delve into the Dead Island universe and unravel the origins of the zombie outbreak.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Dead Island Retro Revenge.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
Frequently asked about Dead Island Retro Revenge
- Does Dead Island Retro Revenge work on Steam Deck?
- Dead Island Retro Revenge is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Dead Island Retro Revenge cost?
- Dead Island Retro Revenge is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dead Island Retro Revenge?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Island Retro Revenge are NEVER SAFE IN DELAWARE, Bullet Vendetta, Mother Russia Bleeds.
- Who developed Dead Island Retro Revenge?
- Dead Island Retro Revenge was developed by Empty Clip Studios and published by Deep Silver.
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