Rank 01Why this
Shares employee management and crafting system with The Walking Trade.
- $7.49 (Price checked Oct 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
Games like The Walking Trade
- 20 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Shares crafting system and survival management with The Walking Trade.
- $12.99 (Price checked Oct 5)
- Deck Playable
- 2026
Rank 03Why this
Shares shop management and crafting with The Walking Trade.
- $11.99 (Price checked Oct 5)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
Rank 04 
Waterpark Simulator
Why this: Shares shop management and base building with The Walking Trade.
Rank 05 
Dustland Delivery
Why this: Shares survival management and base building with The Walking Trade.
Rank 06 
Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
Why this: Shares shop management and survival management with The Walking Trade.
Rank 07 
Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
Why this: Shares survival management and wave based survival with The Walking Trade.
Rank 08 
The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Walking Trade
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Zombie Graveyard Simulator
Shares employee management and crafting system with The Walking Trade.
- 87% of 273 reviews
- 2Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
Shares crafting system and survival management with The Walking Trade.
- 81% of 5,020 reviews
- 3Supermarket Simulator
Shares shop management and crafting with The Walking Trade.
- 92% of 33,227 reviews
- 4Waterpark Simulator
Shares shop management and base building with The Walking Trade.
- 96% of 6,657 reviews
- 5Dustland Delivery
Shares survival management and base building with The Walking Trade.
- 89% of 979 reviews
- 6Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
Shares shop management and survival management with The Walking Trade.
- 90% of 1,281 reviews
- 7Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
Shares survival management and wave based survival with The Walking Trade.
- 76% of 99 reviews
- 8
- 9Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Shares base building and resource management with The Walking Trade.
- 81% of 1,098 reviews
- 10
- 11Farming & Supermarket Simulator
Shares shop management and crafting system with The Walking Trade.
- 72% of 149 reviews
- 12Heat Death: Survival Train
Also Post-apocalyptic and Crafting, like The Walking Trade.
- 80% of 420 reviews
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- 15Weed Supermarket Simulator
Shares employee management and shop management with The Walking Trade.
- 89% of 95 reviews
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- 21Pawnbroker Simulator
Shares shop management and resource management with The Walking Trade.
- 68% of 114 reviews
- 22ALL WILL FALL
Shares survival management and resource management with The Walking Trade.
- 77% of 448 reviews
- 23Recycling Center Simulator
Shares base building and crafting with The Walking Trade.
- 81% of 935 reviews
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- Released: 2026
- Developer: Microwave Games
- Price: $7.19−40%checked Oct 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 88% of 740 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Active developer with roadmap for improvements
- Addictive gameplay loop
- Addictive gameplay loop for the price
- Challenging
- Chill
- Dark
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Why this: Shares resource management with The Walking Trade.
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Why this: Also Post-apocalyptic and Economy, like The Walking Trade.
PolyZ
Why this: Shares crafting system and survival management with The Walking Trade.
Aquatic Store Simulator
Why this: Shares shop management and crafting with The Walking Trade.
Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
Why this: Shares survival management and base building with The Walking Trade.
The Forest
Why this: Shares base building and resource management with The Walking Trade.
Gym Manager
Why this: Shares shop management and base building with The Walking Trade.
Free alternatives
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Why this: Also Post-apocalyptic and Crafting, like The Walking Trade.
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Why this: Shares employee management and shop management with The Walking Trade.
Muck
Why this: Shares crafting and resource management with The Walking Trade.
About The Walking Trade
The closest matches to The Walking Trade: Zombie Graveyard Simulator, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, Supermarket Simulator, Waterpark Simulator, and Dustland Delivery. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Walking Trade is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zombie Graveyard Simulator, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check and Supermarket Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, chill and dark, and single out its base building and crafting. 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.
About The Walking Trade: Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.
Is The Walking Trade worth buying?
Recent reviews are much worse
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 88% of 740 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 70% positive across 222 new reviews, 18 points below its all-time score.
- On sale: 40% off, now $7.19 (checked Oct 3).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 12 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Active developer with roadmap for improvements
- Addictive gameplay loop for the price
- Cheap price for surprising depth
- Employee skills improve with leveling
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game is unfinished. It has no ending and no customization options. The cleaners AI is bad; they place objects anywhere. The shelves don’t keep items fixed, so both cleaners and customers bump into objects and knock them to the floor…”
People who play it also play: Zombie Graveyard Simulator, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, Supermarket Simulator
Frequently asked about The Walking Trade
Can I run it?
Is The Walking Trade verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — The Walking Trade is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does The Walking Trade cost?
The Walking Trade is listed on Steam at 7.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Walking Trade?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Walking Trade are Zombie Graveyard Simulator, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, Supermarket Simulator.
Who developed The Walking Trade?
The Walking Trade was developed by Microwave Games and published by PlayWay S.A..